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ACF Code Generator

by Deepak anand · Uncategorized

Also makes 1 other plugin · 6.1K+ installs across the portfolio →

This plugin is intended to continue the development of the "ACF Theme Code" plugin as there are no updates for that plugin for the last 12 m …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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46 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

46 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.15.

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.

45 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 4/100
WP compatibility 32/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1867 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+13% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

89

now · peak 188

8930d downloads · Aug 26

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

ACF Code Generator · #14266 you Advanced Custom Fiel · #28 ACF Content Analysis · #296 Advanced Custom Fiel · #449

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

890per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈180

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,384 observations

100Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.0.2
Last updated
5.1y ago
Added
2021-04-09 · 5 yrs old
Requires WP
4.0
Tested up to
5.8.15
Requires PHP
5.4

Recent review vibe

read from the latest 3 reviews to 2022-11-22
Mixed PraiseCompatibility

Reviewers are split, one calls it perfect for ACF while another says it doesn't work with ACF 6.0.4 and a third is unhappy the plugin was adopted when the original is still maintained.

Recent reviews

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  1. Rula89
    3.8y ago

    Doesn’t work with ACF Version 6.0.4

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  2. Tony G
    4.1y ago

    According to @benpearson, his original ACF Theme Code plugin is still maintained. See thread in Support for that plugin, “Still Supported?” from 2021-10-05, and his most recent note in Support (as of now) on 2021-12-21. It doesn’t look like Deepak Anand here knows that, or just didn’t want to tell anyone. So I’m downvoting as a way to lower the overall rating and drive new users back to the original code base, which is where I’m going. While adopting a plugin is always a nice gesture, in this case, and for now, it seems premature, and this plugin is not necessary.

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  3. thierryramirez
    4.4y ago

    Perfect plugin for ACF.

    Read on wp.org ↗

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.7.1

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-11-30 200+ → 100+ down after 621 days in tier
  2. 2024-03-19 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
  3. 2024-03-18 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
  4. 2024-03-16 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
  5. 2024-03-14 200+ → 300+ up after 50 days in tier
  6. 2024-01-24 300+ → 200+ down after 273 days in tier
  7. 2023-04-26 400+ → 300+ down after 4 days in tier
  8. 2023-04-22 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier

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ACF Code Generator: 100+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/acf-code-generator