Advanced Custom Fields – Menu Field add-on
by Chris Wessels · Admin & Utilities
This add-on creates an Advanced Custom Fields field type that renders a select element, containing the items in the associated menu.
44 health vs 53 average across 2,940 Admin & Utilities 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, 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 4980 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
51
now · peak 63
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-10-08 20+ → 10+ down after 465 days in tier
- 2024-06-30 30+ → 20+ down after 102 days in tier
- 2024-03-20 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-03-17 30+ → 20+ down after 308 days in tier
- 2023-05-14 40+ → 30+ down after 22 days in tier
- 2023-04-22 30+ → 40+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2023-04-11 40+ → 30+ down
Competes with
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Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field 90K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
ACF Photo Gallery Field 60K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
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