Advanced Custom Fields: Real Media Library Folder Field
by Matthias Günter · Media
Media library folder field for Advanced Custom Fields (ACF). Folder created by Real Media Library.
44 health vs 62 average across 1,190 Media plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.19.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2296 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
86
now · peak 189
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-12-12 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in band
- 2024-12-09 200+ → 300+ up after 6 days in band
- 2024-12-03 300+ → 200+ down after 7 days in band
- 2024-11-26 200+ → 300+ up after 5 days in band
- 2024-11-21 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-11-19 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in band
- 2024-11-17 300+ → 200+ down after 719 days in band
- 2022-11-29 400+ → 300+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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ACF Content Analysis for Yoast SEO 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field 90K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Table Field Add-on for ACF and SCF 50K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Advanced Custom Fields: Gravity Forms Add-on 30K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
ACF Field For CF7 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
ACF Theme Code for Advanced Custom Fields 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags C
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