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

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

Health A87

Health A96

Active-install trajectory

Profile Extra Fields by BestWebSoft moved down one install band, 2K+ to 1K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

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 (weighted for review count)	4.3★	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	15	1,440 ✓
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	2mo ago	yesterday ✓
Downloads · 30d	916	466.8K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.2%	2.6% ✓
Category	eCommerce	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Profile Extra Fields by BestWebSoftAdvanced 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.