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

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

Advanced Custom Fields

by Brian Zoetewey

Health D45

Advanced Custom Fields: NextGEN Gallery Field add-

by Aleš Loziak

Health F38

Active-install trajectory

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

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

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

Release activity

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

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.