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Category Excluder from Theme Customizer vs Front Page Category

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

Front Page Category is the safest pick: health D · 48 against 43 for Category Excluder from Theme Customizer, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Category Excluder from Theme CustomizerFront Page Category

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 Excluder from Theme Customizer	Front Page Category
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60–70	5K–6K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-14% ✓	-17%
Overall health	D · 43	D · 48 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	12/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	68/100	74/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.7★	4.0★ ✓
Reviews	3	26 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	61/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	12.9y ago	2.8y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	68	552 ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+8%	+22%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.3%	4.1% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Category Excluder from Theme CustomizerFront Page Category

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.