Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
whatwedo ACF Cleaner
Active installs700+ rounded
Current authorwhatwedo
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release2 years ago 01 Oct 2024
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record6
Rating4.8 /5 · 10
Added to directory22 Feb 2021
Requires WP5.5
Requires PHP7.0
Version lag0.5 behind
Tested up toWP 6.6.11 WordPress is now on 7.1
PluginsPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by whatwedo throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| whatwedo | 6 | 22 Feb 2021 | 01 Oct 2024 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Small but established: 700+ active installs. Enough sites to show it works in the wild, too few for adoption to say much on its own.
13 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 65% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
11 Sep 2026peak 24/day31 Oct 2026
Install band fell to 700+ on 06 Oct 2026, from 800+. Both figures are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable from them.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 18 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct | 25 Oct | 26 Oct | 27 Oct | 28 Oct | 29 Oct | 30 Oct | 31 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (10) · active installs (700+) · version (1.2.2) · support threads (1) · threads resolved (0)
91 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory5.5 years ago 22 Feb 2021
Requires WP5.5
Requires PHP7.0
Version lag0.5 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- No release in 769 days (2.1 years). The last was 01 Oct 2024.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 6.6.11, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 5 releases.
- 0 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- whatwedo publishes no other plugin in the directory, so there is no wider activity to compare against.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 02 Oct 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 800+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 28 Sep 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 700+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 27 Sep 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 800+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 26 Sep 20261 month agoInstall band moved to 700+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 23 Sep 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 800+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 22 Sep 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 700+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 19 Sep 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 800+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 18 Sep 20262 months agoInstall band moved to 700+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 800+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoFirst observed by PluginsPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 25 Mar 20267 months agoDormancy threshold crossed540 days since the last release (2024-10-01). Dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the owner.
- 01 Oct 20242 years agoVersion 1.2.2 released
- 28 Jun 20233 years agoVersion 1.2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by whatwedo.
- 20 Apr 20233.5 years agoVersion 1.2.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by whatwedo.
- 14 Jul 20224 years agoVersion 1.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by whatwedo.
- 14 Jul 20224 years agoVersion 1.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by whatwedo.
- 22 Feb 20215.5 years agoVersion 1.0.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by whatwedo.
- 22 Feb 20215.5 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by whatwedo for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 2 years ago (01 Oct 2024).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 6.6.11; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 700+ active installs.
- It carries 10 ratings, averaging 4.8 out of 5.
- 0 of 1 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
What we don’t know yet
- No release in the 91 days we have been watching, so how often it ships cannot be said. Every further day of silence tells you more.
What can’t be known
- Whether the quiet is neglect or a finished plugin. That is the author’s intent, which no dataset records, and a stable plugin can need no changes for years.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
Similar plugins
This plugin has not been updated in a long time. These carry the same tags and describe themselves in the same terms, so they are a starting point for a replacement, not a recommendation. Check them yourself.
Table Field Add-on for ACF and SCF
A Table Field Add-on for the Advanced Custom Fields and Secure Custom Fields Plugin.
50,000+ installs4.9★ (60)updated 27 Oct 2026
71× the installs
Admin Columns for ACF Fields
Show your Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) in columns for posts, pages, taxonomies, and users in the Wordpress admin backend.
9,000+ installs4.9★ (20)updated 26 Sep 2026
13× the installs
Flexible Layout Preview Image for ACF
Adds flexible layout preview images for Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) in the WordPress admin.
800+ installs5.0★ (1)updated 10 Jul 2026
Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field
Adds a new 'Font Awesome Icon' field to the popular Advanced Custom Fields plugin.
90,000+ installs4.9★ (36)updated 25 Aug 2026
129× the installs
ACF Field For CF7
Add a Contact Form 7 field to Advanced Custom Fields. Pick a form, display it. No shortcodes, no hassle.
10,000+ installs4.7★ (11)updated 23 Mar 2026
14× the installs
LuckyWP ACF Menu Field
Add navigation menu field type to Advanced Custom Fields
5,000+ installs5.0★ (20)updated 10 Jun 2025
Grouped from the tags each author chose for their own plugin, so the grouping is only as good as those tags.
Reach out about this record
Corrections, missing context, or anything else about whatwedo ACF Cleaner: a person reads every submission, and corrections get a reply within 5 business days.