Advanced Custom Fields: Limiter Field vs Advanced Custom Fields: Nav Menu Field
Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.
Advanced Custom Fields: Nav Menu Field is the safest pick: health D · 51 against 46 for Advanced Custom Fields: Limiter Field, led by stronger rating quality.
Active-install trajectory
Advanced Custom Fields: Limiter Field moved down one install band, 900+ to 800+; Advanced Custom Fields: Nav Menu Field moved down one install band, 9K+ to 8K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.
| Metric | Advanced Custom Fields: Limiter Field | Advanced Custom Fields: Nav Menu Field |
|---|---|---|
| Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. | 800–900 | 8K–9K ✓ |
| Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. | -11% | -11% |
| Overall health | D · 46 | D · 51 ✓ |
| Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. | 3/100 | 3/100 |
| Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. | 78/100 | 93/100 ✓ |
| Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. | 70/100 | 70/100 |
| Rating (weighted for review count) | 4.1★ | 4.7★ ✓ |
| Reviews | 3 | 33 ✓ |
| Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. | 36/100 | 45/100 ✓ |
| Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. | High | High |
| Last updated | 12.2y ago | 8.9y ago ✓ |
| Downloads, last 30d | 243 | 1.5K ✓ |
| Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower. | +20% | +24% |
| Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. | 4.7% | 5.6% ✓ |
| Category | Developer Tools | Developer Tools |
✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.
Release activity
7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.