Best acf4 plugins for WordPress
The most popular acf4 plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Advanced Custom Fields leads with 8K+ active installs, ahead of Advanced Custom Fields (800+) and ACF (200+). All 5 plugins tagged “acf4” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 acf4 plugins
- 1.Advanced Custom Fields
The most installed acf4 plugin, with 8K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 33 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 2.Advanced Custom Fields
800+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 3.ACF
200+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 8 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 4.Advanced Custom Fields
100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 5.Advanced Custom Fields
80+ active installs. Rated 3.1 from 7 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
All 5 plugins tagged “acf4”
Advanced Custom Fields
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,408by Faison9 years ago
Add-On plugin for Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) that adds a 'Nav Menu' Field type.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 5.0(33)
- Downloads
- 54/day
Advanced Custom Fields
Up in the last 7 days:1#7,312by Atomicsmash12 years ago
This plugin provides a textarea that limits the number of characters a user can add. The limit is cleanly represented by a jQuery UI progress bar.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
ACF
Down in the last 7 days:34#11,321by lienann11 years ago
"Star rating" field. Add-on to Advanced Custom Fields plugin.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.4(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advanced Custom Fields
Down in the last 7 days:20#16,235by jensnilsson10 years ago
Adds a markdown-field.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advanced Custom Fields
Up in the last 7 days:277#17,864by jensnilsson12 years ago
Addon for Advanced Custom Fields that adds a Leaflet field to the available field types.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 3.1(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day