WordPress plugin comparison

Advanced Custom Fields vs Custom Fields for post and pages

Advanced Custom Fields

by Konrad Chmielewski

100K+ installs4.8

Custom Fields for post and pages

by farvehandleren

10+ installs

At a glance

Advanced Custom Fields has more active installs: 100K+, against 10+ for Custom Fields for post and pages.
On a typical day, Advanced Custom Fields is downloaded about 1,746 times, Custom Fields for post and pages about 1.
Custom Fields for post and pages has no reviews yet.
Advanced Custom Fields was updated more recently: Oct 19, 2026, against Jun 29, 2016 for Custom Fields for post and pages.
Advanced Custom Fields is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.4.34 for Custom Fields for post and pages.
Custom Fields for post and pages has been around longer: since 2016, against 2019 for Advanced Custom Fields.

Advanced Custom Fields leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Advanced Custom Fields	Custom Fields for post and pages
Popular rank	#450	#40,345
Active installs	100K+	10+
Downloads, last 30 days	78.5K	24
Rating	4.8(132)	No ratings
Support threads resolved	0%	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	4.4.34
Search multiplier	×1.13	×0.00
Last release	22 days ago	10 years ago
Requires PHP	5.6	–

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