WordPress plugin comparison

Add Custom Link to WordPress Admin Bar vs Smart Custom Fields

Add Custom Link to WordPress Admin Bar

by sumitbansal054

10+ installs5.0

Smart Custom Fields

by Takashi Kitajima

50K+ installs4.9

At a glance

Smart Custom Fields has more active installs: 50K+, against 10+ for Add Custom Link to WordPress Admin Bar.
On a typical day, Smart Custom Fields is downloaded about 326 times, Add Custom Link to WordPress Admin Bar about 2.
Add Custom Link to WordPress Admin Bar is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.9 from 21 reviews.
Smart Custom Fields was updated more recently: Jul 16, 2026, against Feb 29, 2020 for Add Custom Link to WordPress Admin Bar.
Smart Custom Fields is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.8.12, against 5.3.27 for Add Custom Link to WordPress Admin Bar.
Add Custom Link to WordPress Admin Bar has been around longer: since 2012, against 2014 for Smart Custom Fields.

Smart Custom Fields leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Add Custom Link to WordPress Admin Bar	Smart Custom Fields
Popular rank	#37,214	#695
Active installs	10+	50K+
Downloads, last 30 days	32	9.8K
Rating	5.0(1)	4.9(21)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	5.3.27	6.8.12
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.81
Last release	6 years ago	3 months ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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