ACF Media Credit
by donaldG2 · Uncategorized
Adds an option to create as many media credit fields as needed for an image.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
90+
≈100 estimated
Momentum
+25%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “advanced” for “swf”. “advanced” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “swf” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
46 health vs 58 average across 25,754 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 90 of 11.7K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35, well behind 6.8.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 3 reviews to 2015-11-05Reviewers say it does exactly what they need across many sites, it's easy to use, and they haven't hit issues.
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3135 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.9.35; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3135 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
-0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| swf | #20 | #17 | down 2 |
| advanced your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| custom your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| custom field your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| field your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| repeater your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “advanced” for “swf”. “advanced” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “swf” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 159 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #16,800 to #17,400, alongside the other plugins at 90+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
8.6y ago
latest release · v2.3.7 · 2 Apr 2018
28
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band today and the previous band took 3.6 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 100.
Install history since 1 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ spcaer11.0y ago
I use this plugin on 16 different sites and its EXACTLY what I was looking for. Solid work!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Alicia11.5y ago
Using it on many sites, easy to use and no issues so far!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nef42611.9y ago
Nice plugin, leverages ACF well, and gets the job done. Easy to customize with CSS, and built in functions.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
6 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 "Adds an option to create as many media credit fields as needed for an image."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you need"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Advanced Custom Fields, ACF.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,834 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-11-01 100+ → 90+ down after 1308 days in tier
- 2023-04-03 200+ → 100+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2023-03-28 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2023-03-25 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2023-03-21 100+ → 200+ up after 168 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 200+ → 100+ down after 256 days in tier
- 2022-01-21 100+ → 200+ up after 2391 days in tier
- 2015-07-06 40+ → 100+ up
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).
- A Advanced Custom Fields – Location Field add-on 900+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags D
- A ACF Pro JSON Sync 60+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags
- A Advanced Custom Fields: Tag It Field 40+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags D
- S Smart Custom Fields 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A
-
Flexible Content Extended for Advanced Custom Fields 600+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D -
Global Custom Fields 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D
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