ACF Nav Menu Field
by Galaxy Weblinks · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 40 other plugins · 24.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
ACF Nav Menu field plugin provides an option to show a menu in the front end similar to other ACF fields (Text, Textarea, Number, Range etc.)
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Health
C 56/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
3K+
≈3.3K estimated
Momentum
+32%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “acf field” for “custom nav”. “acf field” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “custom nav” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
56 health vs 56 average across 5,897 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →14%
of downloads still active
At least 3K of 21K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,189 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 5 reviews to 2023-05-31The two newest reviewers say it does exactly what they need, while a run of earlier one-star reviews reports the plugin refusing to detect ACF Pro and the author not answering support threads.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 556 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
2.6★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 3.96★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 556 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.
29
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
-0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| nav your tag | #17 | #22 | down 3 |
| sidebar nav | #7 | #22 | — |
| nav menu | #24 | #23 | down 2 |
| custom nav | #15 | #24 | 0 |
| post nav | #17 | #24 | down 1 |
| acf sidebar | #18 | #24 | 0 |
| acf range field | #22 | #24 | 0 |
| acf field your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| menu your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| select your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sidebar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
7 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “acf field” for “custom nav”. “acf field” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “custom nav” sits at #15 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.3K · 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
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
1.5y ago
latest release · v1.7 · 24 Apr 2025
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 80% 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 “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 26% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 4K+ in roughly 122 days.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ webressort3.4y ago
I just installed and tested this plugin, it works as it’s supposed to.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jesusjeco4.1y ago
This is just what I needed. I’m using multiple menus per page and this plugin alows me to chose one from all the created menus in the wordpress Dashboard.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ DougMelvin4.2y ago
Doesn’t work. Hasn’t been update in nearly a year and the author is not interacting with support requests.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Rvervuurt4.5y ago
Plugin claims to need ACF or ACF Pro, even though it’s installed and activated.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ anphira4.6y ago
The plugin displays the message “ACF Nav Menu Field plugin needs “Advanced Custom Fields or Advanced Custom Fields PRO” to run. Please download and activate it”. But I already have ACF Pro 5.12 installed and in use. There’s a thread in the support forum about it, but the author didn’t reply.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "ACF Nav Menu field plugin provides an option to show a menu in the front end similar to other ACF fields (T..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use it"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions ACF.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 465 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "select", "sidebar" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-30 2K+ → 3K+ up after 174 days in tier
- 2026-02-06 3K+ → 2K+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2026-01-25 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-24 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-23 2K+ → 3K+ up after 555 days in tier
- 2024-07-17 1K+ → 2K+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-07-14 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-07-13 1K+ → 2K+ up after 2 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).
- M Menu Duplicator 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
- Q Quick remove menu item 3K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D
-
WP Widget in Navigation 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B - R Responsive Select Menu 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
-
Navigation menu as Dropdown Widget 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Bulk menu creator 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B
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