Categories in Hierarchical Order vs Taxonomy Checklist Tree

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

Categories in Hierarchical Order

by Amit Sonkhiya

Health D50

Taxonomy Checklist Tree

by webvitalii

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

Categories in Hierarchical Order Taxonomy Checklist Tree

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	Categories in Hierarchical Order	Taxonomy Checklist Tree
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K ✓	400–500
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 50 ✓	D · 45
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	88/100 ✓	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.49★ ✓	3.98★
Reviews	14 ✓	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	47/100 ✓	41/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	5.7y ago ✓	6.0y ago
Downloads · 30d	456 ✓	79
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Categories in Hierarchical Order Taxonomy Checklist Tree

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.