Category Country Aware WordPress vs Advanced Categories Widget

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

Category Country Aware WordPress

by wrigs1

Health D46

Advanced Categories Widget

by darrinb

Health D48

Active-install trajectory

Category Country Aware WordPress Advanced Categories Widget

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 Country Aware WordPress	Advanced Categories Widget
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	700–800 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	-13% ✓
Overall health	D · 46	D · 48 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.12★	4.34★ ✓
Reviews	3	8 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	39/100	40/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	5.4y ago ✓	10.1y ago
Downloads · 30d	58	89 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Category Country Aware WordPress Advanced Categories Widget

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.