Category Archive Widget vs Custom Archive Titles

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

Category Archive Widget

by Kaz Kadalashvili

Health D49

Custom Archive Titles

by ThemeZee

Health D47

Active-install trajectory

Category Archive Widget Custom Archive Titles

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	Category Archive Widget	Custom Archive Titles
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	700–800	2K–3K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13% ✓	-33%
Overall health	D · 49 ✓	D · 47
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	7/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100 ✓	80/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.22★ ✓	4.17★
Reviews	5 ✓	4
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	46/100 ✓	45/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	3.2y ago ✓	5.2y ago
Downloads · 30d	177	182 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Category Archive Widget Custom Archive Titles

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.