Advanced Custom Fields vs All custom fields & groups
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
At a glance
Advanced Custom Fields ranks #28 on the popular list; All custom fields & groups is outside the top 500 we capture daily. Downloads this week: Advanced Custom Fields 119,570 and All custom fields & groups 28. Ratings: Advanced Custom Fields 4.5★ from 1,440 and All custom fields & groups 5★ from 1 reviews.
| Metric | Advanced Custom Fields | All custom fields & groups |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #28 ▬ | outside top 500 |
| Active installs | 2M+ | — |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 119,570 | 28 |
| Rating | 4.5★ (1,440) | 5★ (1) |
| Last updated | Sep 10, 2026 | Oct 22, 2026 |
| Current version | 6.8.10 | 1.09 |
| Best rank on record | #28 | #47,693 |
| Days in the top 50 | 91 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Mar 2011 | Apr 2019 |
| Sites detected by our detector | 4 | 0 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
Ranking history Lower is better
Active installs
Downloads per day
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Frequently asked questions
Are Advanced Custom Fields or All custom fields & groups alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.