Advance Category Posts Widget vs Post slider elementor addons

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

Advance Category Posts Widget

by saurav.rox

Health D41

Post slider elementor addons

by solverwp

Health B80

Active-install trajectory

Advance Category Posts Widget Post slider elementor addons

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	Advance Category Posts Widget	Post slider elementor addons
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	2K–3K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13% ✓	-33%
Overall health	D · 41	B · 80 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	65/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	3.60★
Reviews	0	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.4y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	85	270 ✓
Category	Media	Page Builders

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

Release activity

Advance Category Posts Widget Post slider elementor addons

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.