WordPress plugin comparison

ACF vs Pods

ACF

by danielpataki

800+ installs4.3

Pods

by Scott Kingsley Clark

100K+ installs4.8

At a glance

Pods has more active installs: 100K+, against 800+ for ACF.
On a typical day, Pods is downloaded about 515 times, ACF about 9.
Pods is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 418 reviews, against 4.3 from 7 reviews.
Pods was updated more recently: Aug 31, 2026, against Apr 22, 2015 for ACF.
Pods is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.2.39 for ACF.
Pods has been around longer: since 2008, against 2014 for ACF.

Pods leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

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