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Advanced Custom Fields vs ACF

At a glance

  • ACF has more active installs: 1K+, against 300+ for Advanced Custom Fields.
  • On a typical day, ACF is downloaded about 14 times, Advanced Custom Fields about 7.
  • Both are rated 5.0 out of 5.
  • Advanced Custom Fields was updated more recently: Jul 16, 2017, against Jul 14, 2016 for ACF.
  • Advanced Custom Fields is tested with a newer WordPress: 4.8.34, against 4.5.33 for ACF.
  • ACF has been around longer: since 2015, against 2017 for Advanced Custom Fields.

Line by line

Level: each leads on 3 of 6 comparable lines.

MetricAdvanced Custom FieldsACF
Popular rank#10,092#6,595
Active installs300+1K+
Downloads, last 30 days169367
Rating5.0(2)5.0(4)
Support threads resolved––
Tested up to4.8.344.5.33
Search multiplier×0.00×0.00
Last release9 years ago10 years ago
Requires PHP––

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