BTB Full Width Section vs Layout Grid Block

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

BTB Full Width Section

by Birk Thestrup Blauner

Health D41

Layout Grid Block

by Automattic

Health D50

Active-install trajectory

BTB Full Width Section Layout Grid Block

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	BTB Full Width Section	Layout Grid Block
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	200K–300K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 41	D · 50 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	7/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.31★ ✓
Reviews	0	13 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	57/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	3.9y ago	3.1y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	28	2.2K ✓
Category	Blocks	Blocks

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

Release activity

BTB Full Width Section Layout Grid Block

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.