Advanced Custom Fields: Gravity Forms Add-on
by DannyvanHolten · Forms
Also makes 3 other plugins · 31K+ installs across the portfolio →
Provides an Advanced Custom Field which allows a WordPress user to select a Gravity Form as part of a field group configuration.
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Health
B 71/100
no flags
Active installs
30K+
≈39K estimated
Momentum
+13%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “acf”, “form” and “gravity forms” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
71 health vs 65 average across 2,513 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.9%
of downloads still active
At least 30K of 612.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.3%, across 1,671 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Forms plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 2 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 12 reviews to 2026-01-07Reviewers keep saying it does exactly what it promises and drops straight into ACF, with a couple of older complaints about conflicts with other Gravity Forms add-ons breaking third party fields.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 334 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.0, the current branch or newer
4.2★ over 14 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
8%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| sayhellogmbh your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| gravityforms | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| gravity forms add on | #10 | #13 | 0 |
| add on | #15 | #15 | down 5 |
| advanced custom fields your tag | #21 | #23 | down 3 |
| acf add on | #8 | #11 | down 1 |
| advanced custom field | #23 | #23 | down 2 |
| acf forms | #18 | #19 | up 1 |
| acf form | #22 | #20 | down 3 |
| acf field | #23 | #19 | down 2 |
| acf fields | #24 | #18 | 0 |
| acf your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| form your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gravity forms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
14 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 11 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “acf”, “form” and “gravity forms” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
- Already on top for “gravityforms”. #1 without listing it. A tag would change little there; your slots are better spent on a search you don't yet win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 24.5K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
11mo ago
latest release · v1.3.10 · 2 Dec 2025
22
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 97% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “30K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 20 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 16 May 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ zackeryfretty10mo ago
I’ve used this plugin ~5 times over the years and it consistently works as expected, glad it exists!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chomachomachoma6.3y ago
Having this plugin active results in the Gravity Forms Signature add-on to break. You cannot use both.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ radgh6.9y ago
For days I’ve been having issues with addons for Gravity Forms where they suddenly stopped showing the fields. Only title and description. The native GF fields worked fine, but any third party ones stopped working. Fields I confirmed were not compatible: Gravity Perks Nested Forms and Slim Image Cropper for Gravity Forms. I’ve been going through code looking for a solution and googling results. I identified that the fields were not using the right class. They were all using “GF_Field”, the basic class. They should have been using “GF_Field_Nested_Form” for example. The cause was that Gravity Forms was being called too early by this plugin. And that was caching forms before all the plugins have loaded and registered their fields. There’s a pull request which fixes the problem but it has not been released. That was submitted in 2018. It’s the end of 2019 and has not been pushed as a release. I uninstalled this plugin and replaced the Forms ACF field with a number input where you manually enter the form id. Everything is suddenly working. Don’t combine this plugin with third party GF extensions. This topic was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by James Huff. This topic was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Deleted link
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jonathon Harris7.4y ago
Thank you for sharing this plugin, it drops right in and works great.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ indrek_k8.2y ago
Finally something we can load with Composer. Thank you @dannyvanholten!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Giorgos Sarigiannidis8.5y ago
It does what it says.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ certainlyakey8.8y ago
The field creates a dropdown for selecting a gravity form from the existing ones. Looks good and is finely integrated with ACF. Lacks a bit of hooks but the author is quite receptive to change requests on Github.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ markd338.9y ago
Excellent plugin. I used to use the version from github but glad to have one that works in the WordPress plugin repository. Thanks for doing this and keep up the good work.
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 6 languages, 1 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Provides an Advanced Custom Field which allows a WordPress user to select a Gravity Form as part of a field..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions ACF.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 714 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("advanced custom fields", "gravity forms", "sayhellogmbh" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-02-25 20K+ → 30K+ up after 87 days in tier
- 2024-11-30 30K+ → 20K+ down after 578 days in tier
- 2023-05-02 20K+ → 30K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-04-30 30K+ → 20K+ down after 19 days in tier
- 2023-04-11 20K+ → 30K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-04-10 30K+ → 20K+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2023-04-04 20K+ → 30K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-04-02 30K+ → 20K+ down after 3 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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