ACF Advanced Search
by Victor Demianenko · Search
Advanced search for the Advanced Custom Fields plugin (Free & Pro).
45 health vs 60 average across 408 Search 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.33, 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 3402 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
79
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 “70+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-15 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-07-14 70+ → 60+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-07-11 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-07-10 70+ → 60+ down after 10 days in band
- 2026-06-30 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-29 70+ → 60+ down after 6 days in band
- 2026-06-23 60+ → 70+ up after 29 days in band
- 2026-05-25 70+ → 60+ down after 159 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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ACF Content Analysis for Yoast SEO 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A -
Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field 90K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Table Field Add-on for ACF and SCF 50K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
ACF: Better Search 40K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Advanced Custom Fields: Gravity Forms Add-on 30K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
WP Extended Search 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/acf-advanced-search" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="ACF Advanced Search — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> ACF Advanced Search: 70+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/acf-advanced-search