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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 is the safest pick: health D · 45 against 38 for Advanced Custom Fields: NextGEN Gallery Field add-, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

Advanced Custom Fields: NextGEN Gallery Field add- moved down one install band, 500+ to 400+. 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	Advanced Custom Fields: NextGEN Gallery Field add-
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K ✓	400–500
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	500+ → 400+
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 (weighted for review count)	4.1★ ✓	3.3★
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	14.3y ago	11.8y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	263	379 ✓
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.	+49%	-5%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	6.7% ✓	0.9%
Category	Developer Tools	Developer Tools

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

Release activity

Advanced Custom FieldsAdvanced 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.