Gallery Custom Links vs ACF Photo Gallery Field

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

Gallery Custom Links

by Jordy Meow

Health A90

ACF Photo Gallery Field

by Navneil Naicker

Health B75

Active-install trajectory

Gallery Custom Links ACF Photo Gallery Field

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	Gallery Custom Links	ACF Photo Gallery Field
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30K–40K	60K–70K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 90 ✓	B · 75
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	79/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	93/100 ✓	73/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.68★ ✓	3.95★
Reviews	206 ✓	29
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	97/100 ✓	78/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	5d ago ✓	8mo ago
Downloads · 30d	22.3K ✓	3.5K
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Gallery Custom Links ACF Photo Gallery 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.