Remove custom fields metabox
by Bradley Taylor · Performance
Remove the custom fields metabox to improve performance.
41 health vs 72 average across 383 Performance 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.21, 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 2342 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
399
now · peak 399
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
At the current install trend, crossing 70+ in roughly 296 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-11 50+ → 60+ up after 146 days in band
- 2026-02-15 40+ → 50+ up after 16 days in band
- 2026-01-30 50+ → 40+ down after 86 days in band
- 2025-11-05 40+ → 50+ up after 66 days in band
- 2025-08-31 50+ → 40+ down after 13 days in band
- 2025-08-18 40+ → 50+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-08-15 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-08-14 40+ → 50+ up after 15 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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Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) 2M+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Advanced Custom Fields: Extended 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Secure Custom Fields 80K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
ACF Photo Gallery Field 60K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Custom Field Template 30K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Custom Block Builder – Lazy Blocks 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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