Advanced Excerpt vs Preserve Code Formatting

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

Advanced Excerpt

by WPKube

Health A87

Preserve Code Formatting

by Scott Reilly

Health C69

Active-install trajectory

Advanced Excerpt Preserve Code Formatting

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 Excerpt	Preserve Code Formatting
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80K–90K ✓	400–500
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-20%
Overall health	A · 87 ✓	C · 69
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	61/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100 ✓	76/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.30★ ✓	4.05★
Reviews	101 ✓	3
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	97/100 ✓	80/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	24d ago ✓	1.0y ago
Downloads · 30d	37.8K ✓	144
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Advanced Excerpt Preserve Code Formatting

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.