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advanced-custom-field-widget

Advanced Custom Field Widget

The Advanced Custom Field Widget is an extension of the Custom Field Widget by Scott Wallick, and displays values of custom field keys.

custom field custom key custom value field value
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Download Momentum

180 days
110 192 -42.7% 671

Source Evidence

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complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.91
Minor brokenness/error with shortcode embedding

Minor brokenness/error with shortcode embedding: users show bugs, compatibility, migration pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight field code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
Proof Blocked card complete developer change safety and site customization Evidence linked to opportunity
Minor brokenness/error with shortcode embedding Hi, I just bumped into a error when embedding a Meteor Slides slideshow via a shortcode in a Custom Field.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.85
A short code in a custom field in a widget?

A short code in a custom field in a widget?: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight field code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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Overall this works fine.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.85
[Plugin: Advanced Custom Field Widget] Over complex and Very Difficult To Use

[Plugin: Advanced Custom Field Widget] Over complex and Very Difficult To Use: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight field code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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[Plugin: Advanced Custom Field Widget] Over complex and Very Difficult To Use The shortcode does not work, the generate functions does not generate a function.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.84
[Plugin: Advanced Custom Field Widget] Shortcode in Custom Field Possible?

[Plugin: Advanced Custom Field Widget] Shortcode in Custom Field Possible?: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight field code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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I love the plugin!
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.84
[Plugin: Advanced Custom Field Widget] wordpress.org upgrade for this plugin not functioning

[Plugin: Advanced Custom Field Widget] wordpress.org upgrade for this plugin not functioning: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight field code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
Proof Blocked card complete developer change safety and site customization Evidence linked to opportunity
[Plugin: Advanced Custom Field Widget] wordpress.org upgrade for this plugin not functioning I have version 0.83 installed on my site.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.69
Location Add-on

Location Add-on: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight field code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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Is it no longer supported?
mixed review · medium severity · relevance 0.69
Displays title even if field is empty

Displays title even if field is empty: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight field code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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Displays title even if field is empty Works fine, but when no custom field is defined for a specific page (and the Post ID value is set to 0 in the widget), the widget title is still displayed.
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.44
great

great: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight field code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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great Works just like I want it to.
neutral support · medium severity · relevance 0.41
Image display in ACFW

Image display in ACFW: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight field code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
Proof Blocked card complete developer change safety and site customization Evidence linked to opportunity
https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-field-widget/ Hi mschefers, I got an email from my blog about your comments last night and have sent you an email describing what I believe may work.
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.38
Worked Like a Charm

Worked Like a Charm: users praise value, quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight field code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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Worked Like a Charm Excellent.

Competitor Context

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Advanced Custom Fields: NextGEN Gallery Field add-on praise owner · intel 84.3 · weakness 82.6
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stale update history below-average rating compatibility bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect ACF layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source 1 source 2
Advanced Custom Fields – Location Field add-on praise owner · intel 74.1 · weakness 64.8
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stale update history 17 collected complaint signal(s) bugs compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: agencies, maintenance teams, and client-site operators · Wedge: audit admin changes, role drift, client handoffs, and unsafe settings exposure
source 1 source 2
Redirect by Custom Field praise owner · intel 72.7 · weakness 63.5
praise owner
stale update history 10 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor redirect drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
source 1 source 2
Advanced Custom Fields – Taxonomy Field add-on praise owner · intel 71.9 · weakness 62.7
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stale update history 11 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect ACF layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source 1 source 2
Custom Fields Shortcodes praise owner · intel 71.4 · weakness 62.2
praise owner
stale update history 8 collected complaint signal(s) bugs missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight custom fields code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
source 1 source 2
ACF: Google Map Extended praise owner · intel 70.6 · weakness 60.0
praise owner
stale update history below-average rating support bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect ACF layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source 1 source 2
SuperCPT praise owner · intel 70.4 · weakness 59.7
praise owner
stale update history 7 collected complaint signal(s) bugs support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight custom post type code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
source 1 source 2
Smart Custom Fields praise owner · intel 67.3 · weakness 50.4
praise owner
14 collected complaint signal(s) compatibility bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor meta drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
source 1 source 2

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Collected Signals

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praise great (5 stars) review · 2015-03-19T12:17:55+00:00 · medium severity · custom field

great: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: great Works just like I want it to.
support reliable quality developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight field code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
source plugin
neutral Image display in ACFW support · 2014-10-24T12:48:29+00:00 · medium severity · custom field

Image display in ACFW: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-field-widget/ Hi mschefers, I got an email from my blog about your comments last night and have sent you an email describing what I believe may work.
bugs email developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight field code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
source plugin
complaint Location Add-on support · 2014-09-22T18:13:18+00:00 · medium severity · custom field

Location Add-on: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Is it no longer supported?
support developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight field code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
source plugin
neutral Is the plugin compatible with WP 3.8.1? support · 2014-02-05T03:10:30+00:00 · low severity · custom field

Is the plugin compatible with WP 3.8.1?: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Is the plugin compatible with WP 3.8.1?
compatibility developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight field code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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praise Worked Like a Charm (5 stars) review · 2013-08-21T22:51:40+00:00 · medium severity · custom field

Worked Like a Charm: users praise value, quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Worked Like a Charm Excellent.
value quality developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight field code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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praise Filters html support · 2013-08-21T16:37:15+00:00 · medium severity · custom field

Filters html: users praise easy, value, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Filters html Hi The widget seems to filter html from the field value.
easy value developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight field code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
source plugin
mixed A short code in a custom field in a widget? support · 2013-07-28T17:09:26+00:00 · medium severity · custom field

A short code in a custom field in a widget?: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Overall this works fine.
bugs compatibility missing feature support developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight field code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
source plugin
complaint Minor brokenness/error with shortcode embedding support · 2013-06-19T08:51:42+00:00 · high severity · custom field

Minor brokenness/error with shortcode embedding: users show bugs, compatibility, migration pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Minor brokenness/error with shortcode embedding Hi, I just bumped into a error when embedding a Meteor Slides slideshow via a shortcode in a Custom Field.
bugs compatibility migration reliable developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight field code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
source plugin
mixed Displays title even if field is empty (3 stars) review · 2013-02-02T09:47:37+00:00 · medium severity · custom field

Displays title even if field is empty: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Displays title even if field is empty Works fine, but when no custom field is defined for a specific page (and the Post ID value is set to 0 in the widget), the widget title is still displayed.
setup reliable value email developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight field code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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mixed [Plugin: Advanced Custom Field Widget] What? This is totally undocumented and impossible to use support · 2012-07-21T02:26:40+00:00 · low severity · custom field

[Plugin: Advanced Custom Field Widget] What? This is totally undocumented and impossible to use: users show missing feature, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: This is totally undocumented and impossible to use Sorry for being so negative, but I’m on a tight deadline and this interface in the widget is insane.
missing feature support setup developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight field code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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mixed [Plugin: Advanced Custom Field Widget] Shortcode in Custom Field Possible? support · 2011-11-15T19:29:46+00:00 · medium severity · custom field

[Plugin: Advanced Custom Field Widget] Shortcode in Custom Field Possible?: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I love the plugin!
bugs compatibility missing feature support developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight field code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
source plugin
mixed [Plugin: Advanced Custom Field Widget] wordpress.org upgrade for this plugin not functioning support · 2010-11-01T15:04:12+00:00 · medium severity · custom field

[Plugin: Advanced Custom Field Widget] wordpress.org upgrade for this plugin not functioning: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: [Plugin: Advanced Custom Field Widget] wordpress.org upgrade for this plugin not functioning I have version 0.83 installed on my site.
bugs missing feature support setup developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight field code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
source plugin
mixed [Plugin: Advanced Custom Field Widget] Over complex and Very Difficult To Use support · 2010-09-27T11:03:38+00:00 · medium severity · custom field

[Plugin: Advanced Custom Field Widget] Over complex and Very Difficult To Use: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: [Plugin: Advanced Custom Field Widget] Over complex and Very Difficult To Use The shortcode does not work, the generate functions does not generate a function.
bugs compatibility missing feature support developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight field code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
source plugin