Category Excluder Widget vs Recent Posts by Category Widget

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

Health D41

Active-install trajectory

Category Excluder Widget Recent Posts by Category 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 Excluder Widget	Recent Posts by Category Widget
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	4K–5K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 41	D · 48 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.28★ ✓
Reviews	0	12 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	33/100	40/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	14.4y ago	8.8y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	84	279 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Category Excluder Widget Recent Posts by Category 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.