NextGEN Custom Fields vs ACF Photo Gallery Field

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

NextGEN Custom Fields

by shauno

Health D53

ACF Photo Gallery Field

by Navneil Naicker

Health B75

Active-install trajectory

NextGEN Custom Fields 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	NextGEN Custom Fields	ACF Photo Gallery Field
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	60K–70K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 53	B · 75 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	15/100	79/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	84/100 ✓	73/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.34★ ✓	3.95★
Reviews	8	29 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	61/100	78/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.6y ago	8mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	173	3.5K ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

NextGEN Custom Fields 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.