Card Block vs Spice Blocks

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

Health D41

Health B71

Active-install trajectory

Spice Blocks moved down one install band, 1K+ to 900+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Card Block	Spice Blocks
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	900–1K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-10%
Overall health	—	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	76/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	—
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	—
Reviews	0	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	80/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	6.4y ago	9mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	114	376 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.9%	4.5% ✓
Category	Blocks	Blocks

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

Release activity

Card BlockSpice Blocks

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.