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Advanced Custom Fields Repeater & Flexible Content Fields Collapser

by mrwweb · Uncategorized

Also makes 7 other plugins · 7.3K+ installs across the portfolio →

Easier sorting for large repeated fields in the Advanced Custom Fields plugin.

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⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned

Health

D 48/100

Stale · Likely abandoned

Active installs

3K+

≈3.8K estimated

Momentum

+2%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Add “acf4” to your wp.org tags. You rank #12 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed it's a slot worth spending.

How scoring works →
48 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 84/100
Support 70/100

48 health vs 58 average across 25,767 Uncategorized plugins

Install conversion

How it's measured →

3.1%

of downloads still active

At least 3K of 96.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,778 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

63/100

Maintenance 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 4.3.34, well behind 6.8.

Details

Version
1.5.0
Last updated
8.9y ago
Added
2013-04-07 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0.0
Tested up to
4.3.34
Requires PHP
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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.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 0/100

Updated 3261 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 5/100

Tested up to WordPress 4.3.34; the current branch is 6.8

Rating quality 70/100

4.7★ over 14 reviews, smoothed to 4.23★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 84/100

3 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 3261 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+2% vs prior 30d
582 Nov 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 616 · peaks are release surges

6162 Nov 2026

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

Advanced Custom Fiel · #3707youACF Repeater Editor · #14474Advanced Custom Fiel · #28ACF Content Analysis · #297

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.72 Nov 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

482 Nov 2026

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.

2052 Nov 2026

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

8.9y ago

latest release · v1.5.0 · 28 Nov 2017

11

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.5.0 · 28 Nov 20171.4.3 · 9 Mar 20171.4.2 · 7 Sep 20151.4.1 · 19 Dec 20141.4.0 · 4 Sep 20141.3.0 · 18 Jul 20141.2.0 · 23 Apr 20141.1.0 · 11 Apr 20131.0.2 · 9 Apr 20131.0.1 · 9 Apr 20131.0.0 · 8 Apr 2013

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 87% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.5 87%
v1.4 13%
v1.1 0.5%

Estimated active installs

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

tracked estimate
3K–4K ≈3.8K

Crossed into this band 3 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 4K.

Install history since 21 Mar 2015

3K2 Nov 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ jaysun_walter
    8.8y ago

    I can only see a “Collapse All Rows” button and it’s half overlapped by the field below it. There is no way to collapse individual rows. I’m using ACF 5.6.7

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. ★★★★★ architecturesideas
    8.8y ago

    Thanks to developer who developed this plugin. It’s easy to use and solved my problem. Thanks again. Keep developing useful plugins.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  3. ★★★★★ Vitor Melo
    11.1y ago

    Very good.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  4. ★★★★★ ModusPonen
    11.2y ago

    If you use repeater fields this is a must have for the sanity of your site admins. Docked a star because many people have requested they default to a closed position, but nothing has been done to make it so. Tack this into the last line of your plugin’s js files: $('button.field-repeater-toggle-all').click();

    Read on wp.org ↗
  5. ★★★★★ jazbek
    11.2y ago

    My client asked for this exact functionality for a repeater field that has a ton of subfields. The plugin works PERFECTLY and has a much more polished UI than I would have had time to throw together. Thank you so much for this!!

    Read on wp.org ↗
  6. ★★★★★ Jek-fdrv
    11.4y ago

    good

    Read on wp.org ↗
  7. ★★★★★ jensnilsson
    11.9y ago

    Works like a charm

    Read on wp.org ↗
  8. ★★★★★ Devin Walker
    12.1y ago

    Awesome plugin, seriously. It bugs me when I’m using the repeater field and this isn’t installed.

    Read on wp.org ↗

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 1.5.0 [ACF v4] – Style fixes and new icons [ACF v5] – New JS so Collapse All & Expand All now works again 1 June 2016 Added adopt-me tag. Please contact me if you’re interested. 1.5.0
  2. — Version 1.4.3 THIS UPDATE DOES NOT FIX THE PLUGIN WITH ACF 5.3.1. IT IS PURELY FOR FUTURE TRANSLATION FEATURES REQUIRED BY THE PLUGIN REPOSITORY. [i18n] Add text-domain and make all strings translatable for upcoming translate.wordpres 1.4.3
  3. — Version 1.4.2 [Fix] Include compatibility filter to fix in ACF PRO since v5.2.7. [Fix] Prevent fatal error if ACF is not activated. [Misc] Code cleanup. Thanks to robneu on GitHub. 1.4.2
  4. — Version 1.4.1 [Fix] Pass event to collapsing JS functions to prevent Firefox errors. [Fix] No margin on table-layout fields (ACF5 only) A big thanks to @tmconnect for the pull requests that made up this release. 1.4.1
  5. — Version 1.4.0 [New] ACF5 Support [Fix] aria-controls attribute fix Note: The plugin supports both ACF4 and ACF5; however, all future feature improvements will only be made for ACF 5.X. Did this plugin save you some time or help build 1.4.0
  6. — Version 1.3.0 [New] Ability to collapse single fields [New] Added aria-expanded / aria-controls attributes on rows for improved accessibility [Tweak] Clarified button text and added icons to buttons for improved UI [Fix] Fixed errant 1.3.0

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more

French (France) 11%

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

4 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
  • ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
  • ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
  • ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); 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 0 headings and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
  • ! Enough to quote 672 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
  • ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-08-03 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-08-02 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-08-01 4K+ → 3K+ down after 2 days in tier
  4. 2026-07-30 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
  5. 2026-07-28 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2026-07-27 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
  7. 2026-07-25 4K+ → 3K+ down after 2 days in tier
  8. 2026-07-23 3K+ → 4K+ 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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Advanced Custom Fields Repeater & Flexible Content Fields Collapser: 3K+ active installs, 4.7★ (14 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-02. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/advanced-custom-field-repeater-collapser

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