Advanced Custom Fields: Gravity Forms… vs Multiple Columns for Gravity Forms (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Advanced Custom Fields: Gravity Forms…
30K+ active installs
Free
Multiple Columns for Gravity Forms
10K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Multiple Columns for Gravity Forms has a higher user rating (4.4/5 from 29 reviews) while Advanced Custom Fields: Gravity Forms… leads in active installations (30K+ vs 10K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Advanced Custom Fields: Gravity Forms… has accumulated 557K+ total downloads while Multiple Columns for Gravity Forms has 237K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Advanced Custom Fields: Gravity Forms… | Multiple Columns for Gravity Forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.2/5 | ► | 4.4/5 |
| Total Reviews | 14 | ► | 29 |
| Active Installs | 30K+ | ◄ | 10K+ |
| Total Downloads | 557K+ | ◄ | 237K+ |
| Support Resolution | N/A | 0% | |
| Last Updated | 4 months ago | ◄ | 3 years ago |
| First Released | 2017 | 2016 | |
| Age | 9 years | 10 years | |
| WP Requires | 4.6+ | 4.6+ | |
| PHP Requires | false+ | 7.3+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 1.3.10 | 4.0.6 |
Rating Breakdown
Advanced Custom Fields: Gravity Forms…
Multiple Columns for Gravity Forms
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Advanced Custom Fields: Gravity Forms… averaged approximately 250 daily downloads while Multiple Columns for Gravity Forms averaged 23.
Recent Reviews
Advanced Custom Fields: Gravity Forms… Reviews
Works as Expected
I’ve used this plugin ~5 times over the years and it consistently works as expected, glad it exists!
Breaks the GF Signature Add-On
Having this plugin active results in the Gravity Forms Signature add-on to break. You cannot use both.
Breaks third party Gravity Forms fields
For days I’ve been having issues with addons for Gravity Forms where they suddenly stopped showing the fields. Only title and description. The native GF fields worked fine, but any third party ones st
Multiple Columns for Gravity Forms Reviews
Great plugin
It was a challenge to arrange columns with conditional logic fields. If some field is hidden, then all columns become broken. This plugin perfectly resolved my problem. Thank you!
Perfect, a MUST missing in gravityforms
Thanks for this addon! Why do I use this? Well by default GravityForms doesn’t allow to hide a column if it’s content is hidden under a particular sequence of conditional logic. With your addon, I can
Update on Feb. 4, 2022 Crashed site
I had to disable all the plugins to get the site up again. Once up, I reactivated the logging plugin to see that this plugin was updated at the time the site went missing. White screen crash. This plu
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