ACF 5 Pro JSON Storage
by craigsimps · Uncategorized
Save ACF 5 Pro custom fields as JSON within this plugin, rather than inside your theme.
41 health vs 55 average across 15,567 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3898 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
87
now · peak 191
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “80+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-20 90+ → 80+ down after 69 days in tier
- 2026-02-10 80+ → 90+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-02-06 90+ → 80+ down after 91 days in tier
- 2025-11-07 100+ → 90+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2025-10-28 90+ → 100+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2025-10-16 100+ → 90+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-10-13 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-12 100+ → 90+ down after 6 days in tier
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