BreadcrumbsPress vs Breadcrumb NavXT

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

BreadcrumbsPress

by Milan Petrovic

Health B80

Breadcrumb NavXT

by John Havlik

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

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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	BreadcrumbsPress	Breadcrumb NavXT
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	90–100	800K–900K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-10%	0% ✓
Overall health	—	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	89/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	0	132 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	83/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	10d ago ✓	2mo ago
Downloads · 30d	275	103.4K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.9%	4.5% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Blocks

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

Release activity

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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.