Perfect Font Awesome Integration vs Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field
Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.
Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field is the safest pick: health A · 90 against 54 for Perfect Font Awesome Integration, led by stronger maintenance.
Active-install trajectory
Perfect Font Awesome Integration moved down one install band, 200+ to 100+; Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field moved down one install band, 100K+ to 90K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.
| Metric | Perfect Font Awesome Integration | Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field |
|---|---|---|
| Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. | 100–200 | 90K–100K ✓ |
| Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. | -50% | 100K+ → 90K+ ✓ |
| Overall health | D · 54 | A · 90 ✓ |
| Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. | 27/100 | 100/100 ✓ |
| Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. | 74/100 | 93/100 ✓ |
| Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. | 70/100 | 70/100 |
| Rating (weighted for review count) | 4.0★ | 4.7★ ✓ |
| Reviews | 2 | 36 ✓ |
| Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. | 61/100 | 96/100 ✓ |
| Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. | Low | Low |
| Last updated | 1.9y ago | 2mo ago ✓ |
| Downloads, last 30d | 105 | 17.7K ✓ |
| Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower. | -25% | -25% |
| Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. | 1.2% | 4.3% ✓ |
| Category | Uncategorized | Developer Tools |
✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.
Release activity
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.