Advanced Custom Fields: Tag It Field
by Brian S. Reed · Uncategorized
The Tag It field for ACF using ACF 5's built-in Select2 library.
45 health vs 57 average across 9,552 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 10+ 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.
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 3666 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
50
now · peak 101
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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-01 60+ → 50+ down after 47 days in band
- 2026-04-15 70+ → 60+ down after 51 days in band
- 2026-02-23 60+ → 70+ up after 28 days in band
- 2026-01-26 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-25 60+ → 70+ up after 5 days in band
- 2026-01-20 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-01-18 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-17 70+ → 60+ down after 14 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Flexible Content Extended for Advanced Custom Fields 700+ installs · 4.2★ · 4 shared tags D - S Smart Custom Fields 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A
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Global Custom Fields 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D -
ACF Photo Gallery Field 60K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Advanced Custom Fields: Image Aspect Ratio Crop Field 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
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