Advanced Category and Custom Taxonomy Image vs Categories Images

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

Advanced Category and Custom Taxonomy Image

by Sajjad Hossain Sagor

Health A85

Categories Images

by Zahlan

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

Advanced Category and Custom Taxonomy Image Categories Images

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	Advanced Category and Custom Taxonomy Image	Categories Images
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	50K–60K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 85	A · 85
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	99/100 ✓	94/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100	86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.22★	4.40★ ✓
Reviews	5	86 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	5mo ago
Downloads · 30d	425	4.3K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Advanced Category and Custom Taxonomy Image Categories Images

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.