ACF: Star Rating Field
by lienann · Uncategorized
"Star rating" field. Add-on to Advanced Custom Fields plugin.
46 health vs 60 average across 6,045 Uncategorized plugins
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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, well behind 6.8.
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 4135 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
99
now · peak 208
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 “300+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-05-08 200+ → 300+ up after 6 days in band
- 2025-05-02 100+ → 200+ up after 287 days in band
- 2024-07-19 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-07-18 100+ → 200+ up after 13 days in band
- 2024-07-05 200+ → 100+ down after 35 days in band
- 2024-05-31 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-05-30 200+ → 100+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- A Advanced Custom Fields: Nav Menu Field 8K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags D
- A Advanced Custom Fields: Limiter Field 900+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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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
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