Advanced Custom Fields: NextGEN Gallery Field add- vs Advanced Custom Fields

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Advanced Custom Fields: NextGEN Gallery Field add-

by Aleš Loziak

Health F38

Advanced Custom Fields

by Brian Zoetewey

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

Advanced Custom Fields: NextGEN Gallery Field add- Advanced Custom Fields

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Advanced Custom Fields: NextGEN Gallery Field add-	Advanced Custom Fields
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	0% ✓
Overall health	F · 38	D · 45 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	56/100	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.25★	4.06★ ✓
Reviews	7 ✓	2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100 ✓	36/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	11.7y ago ✓	14.1y ago
Downloads · 30d	330 ✓	130
Category	Media	Uncategorized

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Advanced Custom Fields: NextGEN Gallery Field add- Advanced Custom Fields

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.