Advanced Custom Field Widget
by athenaofdelphi · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 120+ installs across the portfolio →
The Advanced Custom Field Widget is an extension of the Custom Field Widget by Scott Wallick, and displays values of custom field keys.
45 health vs 56 average across 16,376 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 4202 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
97
now · peak 222
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
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
11.9y ago
latest release · v0.991
15
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-03-10 · 1,386 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 3 reviews to 2015-03-19Reviewers say it works as expected and they like how flexible the widget is, with one asking for an option to hide the widget entirely when no custom field value exists.
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ K H11.5y ago
Works just like I want it to. Will help with using WordPress as CMS sites in future.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jkail13.0y ago
Excellent. Extremely flexible. Did everything I needed, all with a very robust widget interface. Loved that I could give alternative text when the custom field value was empty. Great job!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rolfo13.6y ago
Works fine, but when no custom field is defined for a specific page (and the Post ID value is set to 0 in the widget), the widget title is still displayed. The desired function (in my case) would be to not display the widget at all.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-03 200+ → 100+ down after 600 days in tier
- 2024-04-12 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-04-11 200+ → 300+ up after 44 days in tier
- 2024-02-27 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-02-24 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-02-23 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-02-20 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-02-19 300+ → 200+ down 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).
- C Custom Field Widget 200+ installs · 4.2★ · 5 shared tags D
- S Smart Custom Fields 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
- A Advanced Custom Fields – Location Field add-on 900+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
- A ACF Media Credit 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Advanced Custom Fields Viewer 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D - A ACF Pro JSON Sync 50+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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