Profile Extra Fields by BestWebSoft vs Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)

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

Profile Extra Fields by BestWebSoft

by bestwebsoft

Health A87

Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)

by WP Engine

Health A96

Active-install trajectory

Profile Extra Fields by BestWebSoft Advanced 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	Profile Extra Fields by BestWebSoft	Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	2M–3M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	0% ✓
Overall health	A · 87	A · 96 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	100/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.29★	4.46★ ✓
Reviews	15	1,438 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	94/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2d ago	2d ago
Downloads · 30d	2.1K	1.9M ✓
Category	eCommerce	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Profile Extra Fields by BestWebSoft Advanced 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.