Advanced Custom Fields
Healthy: maintained, last release 5 Oct 2026, 1 release in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.
| Ownership | 100 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | 100 |
| Security | 100 |
| Support | No data |
| Reputation | No data |
Quick answers
- Is Advanced Custom Fields still maintained?
- Yes. Last release 5 Oct 2026, 1 release in the last 24 months. 5 Oct 2026 · wordpress.org
- Who owns Advanced Custom Fields, and has it changed hands?
- No change recorded. Main committer mujahid158 since Oct 2016. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
- Was Advanced Custom Fields removed from wordpress.org?
- No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
- Is Advanced Custom Fields safe?
- No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
- Is the latest Advanced Custom Fields update safe to install?
- No ownership change before 3.3.0. No one-star spike after it. 5 Oct 2026 · Release history
Active signals
Facts we detected, with links to the source.
No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.
Ownership timeline
Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.
| mujahid158 | 20 Oct 2016 to 5 Oct 2026, 31 commits |
|---|
1 committer recorded. No ownership change since 2016.
Maintenance
- Last release
- 30 days ago
- Releases, 24 months
- 1
- Tested up to
- 7.1 current
- Requires PHP
- 7.4 supported 8.2+
| Q1 2024 | 0 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 0 |
| Q3 2024 | 0 |
| Q4 2024 | 0 |
| Q1 2025 | 0 |
| Q2 2025 | 0 |
| Q3 2025 | 0 |
| Q4 2025 | 0 |
| Q1 2026 | 0 |
| Q2 2026 | 0 |
| Q3 2026 | 0 |
| Q4 2026 | 1 |
Last release 5 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).
Reputation
Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.6.
| 5 star | 4 |
|---|---|
| 4 star | 0 |
| 3 star | 1 |
| 2 star | 0 |
| 1 star | 0 |
Security record
No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.
Changelog mentions of security fixes: 3.3.0 (security, escaping).
Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.
Support
Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.
Momentum
3,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.
| 4 May 2026 | 17 |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2026 | 87 |
| 18 May 2026 | 119 |
| 25 May 2026 | 102 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 118 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 102 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 70 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 60 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 39 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 83 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 76 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 116 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 81 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 124 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 122 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 163 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 147 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 80 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 94 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 113 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 192 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 356 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 1,174 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 577 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 460 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 454 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 25 |
Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 99% above the 27-week average.
Healthier alternatives
Same job, rated Healthy, higher Canary Score and at least 10,000 installs. Never sponsored.
No healthier plugin in the same category yet.
Facts
| Version | 3.3.0 |
|---|---|
| Author | Mujahid Ishtiaq |
| Added | 17 Oct 2016 |
| Last updated | 5 Oct 2026 |
| Active installs | 3,000+ |
| Requires WordPress | 6.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 |
| Category | Content Management > Document Management & Downloads |
| Tags | acf, typography, custom field, google fonts, advanced custom fields |
Questions
Is Advanced Custom Fields still maintained?
Yes. Last release 5 Oct 2026, 1 release in the last 24 months.
Who owns Advanced Custom Fields, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer mujahid158 since Oct 2016.
Was Advanced Custom Fields removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 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 3.3.0. No one-star spike after it.