Live Search and Custom Fields LITE vs Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)

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

Live Search and Custom Fields LITE

by pixolette

Health D42

Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)

by WP Engine

Health A96

Active-install trajectory

Live Search and Custom Fields LITEAdvanced 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	Live Search and Custom Fields LITE	Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80–90	2M–3M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 42	A · 96 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	67/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	100/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.7★	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	1	1,440 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	6.0y ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	87	908.6K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.5%	2.6% ✓
Category	Search	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Live Search and Custom Fields LITEAdvanced 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.