Best ACF-JSON plugins for WordPress
The most popular ACF-JSON plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Extends ACF to save json-file in plugin directory leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of xfive Plato (fewer than 10). All 2 plugins tagged “acf-json” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 ACF-JSON plugins
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Extends ACF to save json-file in plugin directoryThe most installed ACF-JSON plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
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xfive PlatoFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 2 plugins tagged “acf-json”

Extends ACF to save json-file in plugin directory
#46,042by polyres4 years ago
ACF will save the field groups as JSON files, if you have created a directory with the name acf-json. Then, the ACF plugin will get the fields informa …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

xfive Plato
Up in the last 7 days:1,504#58,508by xfive11 months ago
Monitors ACF's acf-json for unsynced field groups and warns you of potential database conflicts during development.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day