Category Description Widget vs Taxonomy Dropdown Widget

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

Health D41

Health B75

Active-install trajectory

Taxonomy Dropdown Widget moved down one install band, 2K+ to 1K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Category Description Widget	Taxonomy Dropdown Widget
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-50%
Overall health	D · 41	B · 75 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	73/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	64/100	81/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.6★	4.2★ ✓
Reviews	3	9 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	83/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	9.0y ago	10mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	94	339 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.7% ✓	1.7%
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Category Description WidgetTaxonomy Dropdown 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.