Best flexible-content plugins for WordPress
The most popular flexible-content plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. ACF Repeater & Flexible Content Collapser leads with 3K+ active installs, ahead of ACF Hide Layout (1K+) and Flexible Layout Preview Image for ACF (800+). All 17 plugins tagged “flexible-content” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 flexible-content plugins
- 1.
ACF Repeater & Flexible Content CollapserThe most installed flexible-content plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.ACF Hide Layout
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 3.
Flexible Layout Preview Image for ACF800+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 months ago.
- 4.
ACF Flexible Content Modal600+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 5.
ACF Page Builder Field200+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 7 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 6.
ACF Flexible Content Layout Previews40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 7.
Ultimate Extension for ACF20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 8.
Auto Collapse for Flexible Fields20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.
ACF Ajax Grid Gallery10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 10.
ACF Slick Slider10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
All 17 plugins tagged “flexible-content”

ACF Repeater & Flexible Content Collapser
Up in the last 7 days:2#3,880by dreihochzwo1 year ago
Collapse and expand ACF Repeater and Flexible Content fields all at once to get a better overview and enable easier sorting.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 24/day
ACF Hide Layout
Up in the last 7 days:3#5,181by Bleech2 years ago
Easily hide the layout of the flexible content on the frontend but still keep it in the backend.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 14/day

Flexible Layout Preview Image for ACF
Down in the last 7 days:15#7,534by Galaxy Weblinks4 months ago
Adds flexible layout preview images for Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) in the WordPress admin.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

ACF Flexible Content Modal
Down in the last 7 days:117#8,248by Edir Pedro7 years ago
Make ACF Flexible Content editing the content of each layout using a Modal window.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day

ACF Page Builder Field
#11,482by Peter Elmered9 years ago
This plugin will add a Page Builder field type in Advanced Custom Fields.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.7(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day

ACF Flexible Content Layout Previews
Up in the last 7 days:171#21,874by Rob W7 years ago
See an example of the ACF Flexible Content Layout before you select it!
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Ultimate Extension for ACF
#26,074by Ultimate Agency1 month ago
Enhanced ACF Flexible Content editing with image previews and performance optimizations - compatible with ACF v5.6+ and v6.5+
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Auto Collapse for Flexible Fields
Up in the last 7 days:61#27,267by Netgenerator GmbH Webdesign Berlin1 year ago
A simple plugin to automatically collapse all Flexible Content fields on page load for a cleaner admin interface.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ACF Ajax Grid Gallery
#32,872by Jayson Garcia6 years ago
A lightweight extension of Advanced Custom Field (ACF) that adds grid gallery field to any post/pages via shortcode on your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ACF Slick Slider
Down in the last 7 days:1,567#39,138by Jayson Garcia6 years ago
A lightweight extension of Advanced Custom Field (ACF) that adds slider field to any posts/pages via shortcode on your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Flexible Content Filter for ACF
Up in the last 7 days:13,837#55,680by morningstudio7 months ago
Adds a search/filter text field to the ACF Flexible Content "Add Module" dropdown, making it easy to find modules in long lists.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ACF Flexible Layout Preview
Down in the last 7 days:3,885#64,893by Chintan Soni2 months ago
Add ACF Layout Preview images to Flexible Content fields with a visual layout picker and centralized preview management.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Fieldom
Up in the last 7 days:622#65,391by arunrajiah4 months ago
Open-source custom fields plugin with 26 field types, Repeater, Flexible Content, Options Pages, conditional logic, and JSON sync.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Visual Picker for ACF Flexible Content
Down in the last 7 days:9,188#69,581by gmnuriddin3 months ago
Replace the ACF Flexible Content layout dropdown with a visual picker — preview layouts as cards, search them, and add one or many with a click.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Sidlane Repeater Templates for ACF and Elementor
#70,992by Siddhartha Gautam3 months ago
Build Elementor loop layouts from ACF Repeater and Flexible Content rows using layout-aware controls, loop templates, and dynamic tags.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

FieldCanvas Layout Builder
#74,002by Chintan Soni2 months ago
Build ACF Flexible Content layouts visually with drag-and-drop, then insert complete field groups in one click. No PHP required.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day