Admin Bar Position vs Term Management Tools

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Admin Bar Position

by Masahiro NAKASHIMA

Health D46

Term Management Tools

by scribu

Health B82

Active-install trajectory

Admin Bar Position Term Management Tools

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Admin Bar Position	Term Management Tools
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	6K–7K	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 46	B · 82 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	6/100	77/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.99★	4.77★ ✓
Reviews	5	76 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	45/100	80/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.4y ago	9mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	280	6.4K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Admin Bar Position Term Management Tools

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.