Call to Action Widget vs WP Shaper Image and Text

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

Call to Action Widget and WP Shaper Image and Text are close on health (D · 46 vs D · 45), with nothing separating them on the sub-scores.

Call to Action Widget

by Charlie Strickler

Health D46

WP Shaper Image and Text

by wpshaper

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

Call to Action Widget moved down one install band, 200+ to 100+; WP Shaper Image and Text moved down one install band, 100+ to 90+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Call to Action Widget	WP Shaper Image and Text
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200 ✓	90–100
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-50%	-10% ✓
Overall health	D · 46 ✓	D · 45
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	79/100 ✓	76/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★ ✓	4.1★
Reviews	6 ✓	2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100 ✓	34/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	12.9y ago	11.8y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	81 ✓	77
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.	-21%	-22%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.7%	1.5% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Call to Action WidgetWP Shaper Image and Text

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.