Extend Revisions for Custom Fields and Taxonomies vs Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)

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

Extend Revisions for Custom Fields and Taxonomies

by Dennis Bareis

Health C55

Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)

by WP Engine

Health A96

Active-install trajectory

Extend Revisions for Custom Fields and Taxonomies Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)

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	Extend Revisions for Custom Fields and Taxonomies	Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	2M–3M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	C · 55	A · 96 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	28/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	100/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.46★ ✓
Reviews	1	1,439 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	63/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.9y ago	6d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	92	2.0M ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Extend Revisions for Custom Fields and Taxonomies Advanced 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.