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WYSIWYG Character Limit for ACF

by Code and core · Uncategorized

Also makes 5 other plugins · 320+ installs across the portfolio →

ACF WYSIWYG Character Limit adds max-character controls to ACF editors, improving content quality, and editorial standards across WordPress.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
80 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

80 health vs 56 average across 16,377 Uncategorized plugins

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.

88 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 100/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2025-04-24 · 495 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+189% vs prior 30d
17Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

283

now · peak 337

27730d downloads · Aug 26

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

WYSIWYG Character Li · #16022 you Black Studio TinyMCE · #233 Visual Term Descript · #1507 Advanced TinyMCE Con · #1864

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.

2.8Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Actively maintained
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

7

releases in the last 12 months

3mo ago

latest release · v5.0.0

10

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

5.0.0 · 3mo ago4.1.2 · 4mo ago4.1.1 · 6mo ago4.1.0 · 7mo ago4.0.1 · 7mo ago4.0.0 · 9mo ago3.0.0 · 11mo ago2.0.1 · 1.3y ago2.0 · 1.3y ago1.0 · 1.4y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 31% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v4.1 59%
v5.0 31%
v4.0 9.6%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈160

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 200+ in roughly 1622 days.

Install history · since 2025-04-23 · 451 observations

100Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

Details

Version
5.0.1
Last updated
6d ago
Added
2025-04-23 · 1 yr old
Requires WP
5.0
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.4

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 3 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Hindi 6%
Gujarati 5%
Russian 5%

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-03-30 90+ → 100+ up after 9 days in tier
  2. 2026-03-21 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-03-20 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-03-19 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-03-18 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
  6. 2026-03-16 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
  7. 2026-03-15 90+ → 100+ up after 19 days in tier
  8. 2026-02-24 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in tier

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WYSIWYG Character Limit for ACF: 100+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wysiwyg-character-limit-for-acf