Admin Customization vs Admin Customizer

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

Health D41

Health D51

Active-install trajectory

Admin Customization moved down one install band, 300+ to 200+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Admin Customization	Admin Customizer
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	0% ✓
Overall health	—	D · 51 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	7/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	87/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	—	4.46★ ✓
Reviews	0	16 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	59/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	15.0y ago	3.2y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	112	294 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.8%	2.7% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Admin CustomizationAdmin Customizer

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.