Frontend Editor ACF vs Advanced Custom Fields: Nav Menu Field

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

Health B84

Health D51

Active-install trajectory

Advanced Custom Fields: Nav Menu Field moved down one install band, 9K+ to 8K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Frontend Editor ACF	Advanced Custom Fields: Nav Menu Field
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	8K–9K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-11%
Overall health	B · 84 ✓	D · 51
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	99/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	2	33 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100 ✓	45/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	8.9y ago
Downloads · 30d	247	1.5K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.3%	5.6% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Frontend Editor ACFAdvanced Custom Fields: Nav Menu Field

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.