Archives by Category and Date vs Search & Filter

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

Archives by Category and Date

by WEN Solutions

Health B79

Search & Filter

by Code Amp

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Archives by Category and Date Search & Filter

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	Archives by Category and Date	Search & Filter
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80–90	50K–60K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-11%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 79	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	95/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	67/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.70★	4.50★ ✓
Reviews	2	175 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	87/100 ✓	83/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	4mo ago	9d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	65	4.6K ✓
Category	Search	Search

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

Release activity

Archives by Category and Date Search & Filter

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.