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Advanced Custom Fields

Advanced Custom Fields: Gravity Forms Add-on
by DannyvanHolten · 30,000+ active installs · Checked 4 Nov 2026
Healthy1 Warning

Healthy: maintained, last release 2 Dec 2025, 2 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

Tested up to WordPress 6.9.0, 2 major versions behind 7.1.4.

82/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Advanced Custom Fields
Ownership100
Maintenance50
Security100
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Advanced Custom Fields still maintained?
Yes. Last release 2 Dec 2025, 2 releases in the last 24 months. 2 Dec 2025 · wordpress.org
Who owns Advanced Custom Fields, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer markhowellsmead since Jan 2021. 4 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Advanced Custom Fields removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026. 4 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Advanced Custom Fields safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 4 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Advanced Custom Fields update safe to install?
No ownership change before 1.3.10. No one-star spike after it. 2 Dec 2025 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

  • WarningMNT-2Tested up to WordPress 6.9.0, 2 major versions behind 7.1.4. Plan a replacement if the plugin is important to your site.3 Nov 2026Evidence

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
markhowellsmead12 Jan 2021 to 9 Jun 2026, 50 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership change since 2017.

Maintenance

Last release
11 months ago
Releases, 24 months
2
Tested up to
6.9 vs 7.1
Requires PHP
not stated supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Advanced Custom Fields
Q1 20240
Q2 20243
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20252
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 2 Dec 2025. Tested up to 6.9, 2 major versions behind WordPress 7.1.

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.2.

Rating distribution
5 star11
4 star0
3 star0
2 star1
1 star2
Latest low reviews

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Momentum

30,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Advanced Custom Fields
4 May 2026398
11 May 20261,584
18 May 20261,890
25 May 20261,712
1 Jun 20261,670
8 Jun 20261,684
15 Jun 20261,589
22 Jun 20261,446
29 Jun 20261,222
6 Jul 20261,535
13 Jul 20261,529
20 Jul 20262,119
27 Jul 20261,793
3 Aug 20261,700
10 Aug 20261,790
17 Aug 20261,572
24 Aug 20262,045
31 Aug 20262,144
7 Sep 20261,658
14 Sep 20261,822
21 Sep 20262,504
28 Sep 20262,451
5 Oct 20262,321
12 Oct 20262,247
19 Oct 20262,836
26 Oct 20262,343
2 Nov 2026521

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 11% above the 27-week average.

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Facts

Version1.3.10
AuthorDannyvanHolten
Added7 Apr 2017
Last updated2 Dec 2025
Active installs30,000+
Requires WordPress4.6
Tested up to6.9.0
Requires PHPnot stated
CategoryForms & Data Collection > Form Builders & Creators
Tagsacf, form, sayhellogmbh, gravity forms, advanced custom fields

Other plugins by this author: Advanced Custom Fields: Ninjaforms Add-on, Youtube Customizr, WP Growl

Questions

Is Advanced Custom Fields still maintained?

Yes. Last release 2 Dec 2025, 2 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Advanced Custom Fields, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer markhowellsmead since Jan 2021.

Was Advanced Custom Fields removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026.

Is Advanced Custom Fields safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest Advanced Custom Fields update safe to install?

No ownership change before 1.3.10. No one-star spike after it.

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