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ACF Nav Menu Field

by Galaxy Weblinks · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 32 other plugins · 25.6K+ 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.)

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
58 Health · C
Maintenance 47/100
Rating quality 63/100
Support 70/100

58 health vs 54 average across 3,790 Admin & Utilities plugins

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.

76 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 55/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 492 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 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+18% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

503

now · peak 1.3K

49430d 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 Nav Menu Field · #4131 you Menu Duplicator · #1706 Quick remove menu it · #4183 WP Widget in Navigat · #4206

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

2.6Stars · Aug 26

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.

165per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

1.3y ago

latest release · v1.7

8

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.7 · 1.3y ago1.6 · 1.7y ago1.5 · 2.1y ago1.3 · 2.1y ago1.4 · 2.3y ago1.2 · 2.7y ago1.1 · 3.8y ago1.0 · 5.0y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.7 80%
v1.5 6.1%
Older / other versions 14%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
3K–4K ≈3.4K

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

At the current install trend, crossing 4K+ in roughly 212 days.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,418 observations

3KInstalls · 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
1.7
Last updated
1.3y ago
Added
2021-09-07 · 4 yrs old
Requires WP
5.8.8
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
7.4

Recent review vibe

read from the latest 5 reviews to 2023-05-31
Mixed PraiseCompatibilitySupport gone quiet

The 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.

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. webressort
    3.2y ago

    I just installed and tested this plugin, it works as it’s supposed to.

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  2. jesusjeco
    3.9y 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.

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  3. DougMelvin
    4.0y ago

    Doesn’t work. Hasn’t been update in nearly a year and the author is not interacting with support requests.

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  4. Rvervuurt
    4.3y ago

    Plugin claims to need ACF or ACF Pro, even though it’s installed and activated.

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  5. anphira
    4.4y 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.

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 1.7 Stable Release 1.7
  2. Version 1.6 Stable Release 1.6
  3. Version 1.5 Stable Release 1.5
  4. Version 1.4 Stable Release 1.4
  5. Version 1.3 Stable Release 1.3
  6. Version 1.2 Stable Release 1.2

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8

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. 2026-07-30 2K+ → 3K+ up after 174 days in tier
  2. 2026-02-06 3K+ → 2K+ down after 12 days in tier
  3. 2026-01-25 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-01-24 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-01-23 2K+ → 3K+ up after 555 days in tier
  6. 2024-07-17 1K+ → 2K+ up after 3 days in tier
  7. 2024-07-14 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
  8. 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).

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