Advanced Custom Field Widget
by athenaofdelphi · Uncategorized
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 58 average across 8,333 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 4157 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
87
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
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-03 200+ → 100+ down after 600 days in band
- 2024-04-12 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-04-11 200+ → 300+ up after 44 days in band
- 2024-02-27 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in band
- 2024-02-24 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-02-23 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in band
- 2024-02-20 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-02-19 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- 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
- F Font Awesome Field 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
- P PostType-Widget 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
- A Auto Image Field 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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Advanced Custom Fields: Image Aspect Ratio Crop Field 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B
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