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Beautiful taxonomy filters vs Search & Filter

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

Beautiful taxonomy filters and Search & Filter are close on health (A · 90 vs A · 88). Beautiful taxonomy filters has the stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

Beautiful taxonomy filters moved down one install band, 3K+ to 2K+; Search & Filter moved down one install band, 50K+ to 40K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Beautiful taxonomy filters	Search & Filter
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K	40K–50K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-33%	50K+ → 40K+ ✓
Overall health	A · 90 ✓	A · 88
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	94/100 ✓	88/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.7★ ✓	4.5★
Reviews	68	175 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	98/100 ✓	97/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago ✓	3mo ago
Downloads, last 30d	1.3K	6.3K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+11%	+5%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.2%	4.1% ✓
Category	Search	Search

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

Release activity

Beautiful taxonomy filtersSearch & 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.