WordPress plugin comparison

Advanced Custom Fields vs Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar

Advanced Custom Fields

by Konrad Chmielewski

100K+ installs4.8

Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar

by webman technologies

10+ installs5.0

At a glance

Advanced Custom Fields has more active installs: 100K+, against 10+ for Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar.
On a typical day, Advanced Custom Fields is downloaded about 1,746 times, Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar about 1.
Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.8 from 132 reviews.
Advanced Custom Fields was updated more recently: Oct 19, 2026, against Apr 24, 2018 for Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar.
Advanced Custom Fields is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.9.35 for Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar.
Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar has been around longer: since 2018, against 2019 for Advanced Custom Fields.

Advanced Custom Fields leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Advanced Custom Fields	Advanced Custom Fields Sidebar
Popular rank	#450	#29,480
Active installs	100K+	10+
Downloads, last 30 days	79.5K	26
Rating	4.8(132)	5.0(1)
Support threads resolved	0%	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	4.9.35
Search multiplier	×1.13	×0.00
Last release	21 days ago	8 years ago
Requires PHP	5.6	5.2.4

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