Advanced Custom Fields: NextGEN Gallery Field add-on
by Aleš Loziak · Media
Also makes 1 other plugin · 600+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds a NextGEN Gallery Field to Advanced Custom Fields. Select one or more NextGEN Galleries and assign them to the post.
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Health
F 38/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈450 estimated
Momentum
+6%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “acf add on”, “custom field” and “nextgen gallery” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
38 health vs 62 average across 3,305 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.9%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 44.5K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,327 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Media 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
63/100Maintenance 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 4.1.0, well behind 7.1.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4322 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.1.0; the current branch is 7.1
2.1★ over 7 reviews, weighted for review count to 3.9★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4322 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
46
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
33%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
+0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| acf your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| acf add on your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| custom field your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| nextgen gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| nextgen gallery field your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 6 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “acf add on”, “custom field” and “nextgen gallery” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,492 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 449 · peaks are release surges
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
11.8y ago
latest release · v2.1 · 4 Jan 2015
9
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 90% 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 “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 53% of the way through.
Install history since 21 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ 110.6y ago
I don’t get it, why so many people around gave one star to this plugin? I downloaded it, made custom NextGen Gallery, create custom field in ACF, made proper type of this field, create personal “single-” template for my custom post type, put a proper PHP in it and everything works fine! No problem at all! I am absolutely noob and don’t know what templates & PHP are and how they works, but I spend two hours to learn a little and now everything works as I want. If you are not patient or don’t want to keep studying or spend a little free time to understand how WordPress is working – stay away from this plugin and don’t waste your onestars. In my case everything works. Thank you, developers! ^^
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Cyrus Besabella11.4y ago
Not working on the latest WP and ACF . Please fix and thank you for your wonderful plugin, 🙂 God bless!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous11.6y ago
I removed my old review. The plugin work
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ zactoff13.1y ago
Using this with latest version of WP & ACF, it doesn’t work. Shame as this would be a very useful plugin if it was kept up to date.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ robbiegod13.2y ago
It doesn’t seem to work with the new version of ACF. It would be great if you guys would update the plugin. If not then maybe post the source on Github and let someone take over the project.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ch4sethe5un13.3y ago
Very buggy with the newest ACF v4
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lava-team13.4y ago
This is good one. but it doesn’t work with the newest version. Sad..
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
6 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Adds a NextGEN Gallery Field to Advanced Custom Fields. Select one or more NextGEN Galleries and assign the..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 2 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Advanced Custom Fields.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,023 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "acf add-on" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-16 500+ → 400+ down after 328 days in tier
- 2025-06-22 600+ → 500+ down after 273 days in tier
- 2024-09-22 700+ → 600+ down after 253 days in tier
- 2024-01-13 800+ → 700+ down after 218 days in tier
- 2023-06-09 900+ → 800+ down after 182 days in tier
- 2022-12-09 1K+ → 900+ down after 1062 days in tier
- 2020-01-12 2K+ → 1K+ down
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).
- A Advanced Custom Fields – Taxonomy Field add-on 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
- A Advanced Custom Fields – Address Field add-on 50+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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Meta Field Block – Display Custom Fields for ACF, Meta Box and More 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Advanced Custom Fields: Typography Field 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
ACF: Google Map Extended 700+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
ACF YouTube Picker 400+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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