C7 Form Builder vs Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)

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

Health D41

Health A96

Active-install trajectory

C7 Form Builder moved down one install band, 40+ to 30+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	C7 Form Builder	Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	2M–3M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	0% ✓
Overall health	—	A · 96 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	100/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	0	1,440 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	11.2y ago	yesterday ✓
Downloads · 30d	62	466.8K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.9%	2.6% ✓
Category	Forms	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

C7 Form BuilderAdvanced Custom Fields (ACF®)

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.