WordPress plugin comparison

Advanced Custom Fields vs Display Custom Fields

Advanced Custom Fields

by Konrad Chmielewski

100K+ installs4.8

Display Custom Fields

by Ben Balter

Fewer than 10 installs1.0

At a glance

Advanced Custom Fields has more active installs: 100K+, against fewer than 10 for Display Custom Fields.
On a typical day, Advanced Custom Fields is downloaded about 1,746 times, Display Custom Fields about 1.
Advanced Custom Fields is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 132 reviews, against 1.0 from 1 review.
Advanced Custom Fields was updated more recently: Oct 19, 2026, against Jan 15, 2012 for Display Custom Fields.
Advanced Custom Fields is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.4.2 for Display Custom Fields.
Display Custom Fields has been around longer: since 2012, against 2019 for Advanced Custom Fields.

Advanced Custom Fields leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

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