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ACF Field For CF7
A niche helper that makes shortcodes vanish but brings ads along.
HealthyGrowing
78/100
The plugin solves a specific integration problem well but the intrusive admin advertising is a significant annoyance.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.7★
11 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+258%
Growing fast
10 → 34 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +258% in the last year
10/day a year ago→34/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayACF Field For CF7 is a well-regarded niche utility that cleanly bridges ACF and Contact Form 7, though it draws criticism for displaying ads across admin screens beyond its own context.
What people like
- +Solves a specific integration need — lets users select CF7 forms via an ACF field without manually pasting shortcodes×3
- +Easy to set up and use×3
- +Responsive development — bugs are fixed and new versions released quickly
- +Free to use×2
Common complaints
- −Plugin displays advertising across ACF and non-ACF admin pages, not just its own settings area
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.63★Verified rating — drops from 4.70★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 27%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
Not enough review history.
All-time ratings · 11 total
Latest reviews · 11 analyzed
- 2022-02-18★★★★★Neateagerbob
- 2022-02-01★★★★★Quick and easy solutionrtpHarry
- 2021-10-11★★★★★AmazingNaresh Bheda
- 2021-10-04★★★★★Normal field plugin with annoying ads everywherePaul Bystrzan
- 2021-03-15★★★★★Great Customer Response.Kevin Kamau Mwororo
- 2020-10-22★★★★★My reviewjai1234567891-shot
- 2020-10-22★★★★★Awsome Pluginmemonvaris1-shot
- 2020-10-22★★★★★Awesome PluginMinal Raj Gupta
- 2020-01-16★★★★★Quick response on bug reportlaurenskling
- 2019-09-24★★★★★Perfectdiogopetermann
Releases
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the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
23
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
40
Prior 7-day baseline
25
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
83
Mean release-day peak (30d)
54
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
-42.5%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
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Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
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Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
91%
5★ share in analyzed sample
27%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.73 → 4.63★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered