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Advanced Custom Fields: Image Aspect Ratio Crop Field
Keep your layouts perfect while your media library gets a little crowded.
HealthyGrowing
82/100
This tool enforces image dimensions but lacks Gutenberg support and clutters the media library.
Active installs
~25,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.8★
26 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+457%
Growing fast
15 → 84 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORnot updated in 8 months
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 · +457% in the last year
15/day a year ago→84/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayAdvanced Custom Fields: Image Aspect Ratio Crop Field is a well-regarded ACF extension that solves a real gap in image upload control for theme developers and frontend forms, though it does not work with Gutenberg blocks and has minor UX rough edges around mandatory cropping and file clutter.
What people like
- +Enforces correct image dimensions and aspect ratios on user uploads, preventing broken theme layouts×5
- +Works on frontend forms, allowing visitors to crop images before submitting posts×3
- +Useful for enforcing minimum pixel sizes so clients cannot upload oversized or undersized images×2
- +Developer is responsive and has shipped requested features quickly×2
- +Lightweight and straightforward to configure×3
- +Can be integrated with Elementor dynamic features via documented workarounds
- +Strings are translatable via the gettext filter
Common complaints
- −Does not work with Gutenberg blocks
- −Each crop generates multiple additional image sizes in the uploads folder, cluttering the media library
- −Cropping is mandatory on every upload with no option to make it optional
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.85★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 0%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 100% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2025-10-072026-02-042026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 26 total
Latest reviews · 26 analyzed
- 2025-09-12★★★★★Doesn't work. (gutenberg blocks)tatof
- 2023-04-20★★★★★Absolutely Fantastic!Boris
- 2023-02-10★★★★★Very powerful tool!carlosvai
- 2022-11-09★★★★★THE essential ACF Pluginmbrinson
- 2022-03-22★★★★★Thank you 😊noelawill
- 2022-01-24★★★★★Good workbecaneweb
- 2021-06-06★★★★★Flawless for my needsesausaravia
- 2021-03-25★★★★★Best plugin ever!Anonymous User 18578383
- 2021-02-04★★★★★Wonderfulredsalmon
- 2021-01-13★★★★★Very helpful plugindush88gs
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
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.
198
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
171
Prior 7-day baseline
139
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
323
Mean release-day peak (30d)
186
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+15.8%
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.
100%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.83
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
92%
5★ share in analyzed sample
0%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.85 → 4.85★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered