ACF Post-2-Post
by John Huebner · Uncategorized
Automatic Two Way (Bidirectional) Relationships with ACF
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Health
A 90/100
no flags
Active installs
3K+
≈3.5K estimated
Momentum
+24%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “relationship”, “relationships” and “acf add on” to your wp.org tags. You rank #7, #7 and #14 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed these are the slots worth spending.
90 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.1%
of downloads still active
At least 3K of 72.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,765 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Listing tuning
Updated 53 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 39 reviews, smoothed to 4.49★
2 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Only 2 tags — use the full 5 relevant tags so search matches more queries.
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.
37
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
14%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bidirectional relationship your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| relationships | #7 | #9 | 0 |
| post relationships | #4 | #3 | 0 |
| relationship | #7 | #7 | up 1 |
| acf your tag | #13 | #9 | down 1 |
| acf add on | #14 | #10 | 0 |
| post notes | #17 | #17 | 0 |
| post id | #17 | #18 | 0 |
| single post | #19 | #16 | down 4 |
| related post | #20 | #17 | down 1 |
| post name | #23 | #18 | down 2 |
40 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 11 listed. 29 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “relationship”, “relationships” and “acf add on” to your wp.org tags. You rank #7, #7 and #14 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed these are the slots worth spending.
- One page off on “acf”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.3K · 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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
1.3y ago
latest release · v1.7.0 · 9 Jul 2025
16
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% 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 “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 19 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 28 Mar 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ style963.3y ago
works perfectly, I checked 6.2.2 wordpress version. 8.1.9 php version.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ galatanuadrian273.5y ago
Awesome plugin! It is compatible with ACF 6+ ? Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Nikodemsky3.9y ago
Does exactly what it describes – simple and without hiccups, love it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nick63526834.0y ago
This plugin saves me a lot of time to manually code each relationship for each project that needs it. Works like a charm.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ conradish4.6y ago
This is the second time I’ve needed to use this plugin in a year. Works perfectly. Thanks for creating and maintaining it!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Hossein5.0y ago
Thank you very much!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wpdsp5.3y ago
Thank you very much!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mathias H. Schjøtt5.4y ago
Took a while to figure out how to set it up, but now it works perfectly! Thank you 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.7.0 Added filter to allow disabling all fields so that specific fields can be enabled 1.7.0
- — Version 1.6.0 Added filter to allow specifying append or prepend new relationship when not overwriting 1.6.0
- — Version 1.5.2 Corrected PHP Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool lines 99 & 130 1.5.2
- — Version 1.5.1 Removed Github Updater Support 1.5.1
- — Version 1.5.0 Added filter to allow specifying to append or prepend new relationship (can supercede overwrite setting) 1.5.0
- — Version 1.4.1 Corrected logic error in overwrite add context to action hooks 1.4.1
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.8
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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Advanced Custom Fields, ACF.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,852 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 2 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-04-10 4K+ → 3K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-04-08 3K+ → 4K+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2025-03-29 4K+ → 3K+ down after 34 days in tier
- 2025-02-23 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-02-22 4K+ → 3K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-02-20 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-02-19 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-02-18 3K+ → 4K+ up after 28 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).
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Advanced Custom Fields: Extended 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
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 -
Table Field Add-on for ACF and SCF 50K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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