Category Filter Block vs MDTF

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

MDTF is the safest pick: health A · 87 against 83 for Category Filter Block, led by stronger rating quality.

Category Filter Block

by Misha Rudrastyh

Health B83

MDTF

by RealMag777

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

Category Filter BlockMDTF

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 Filter Block	MDTF
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	900–1K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+233% ✓	1K+ → 900+
Overall health	B · 83	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	1	28 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	12d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	225	3.3K ✓
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.	+12%	+391%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.6% ✓	0.9%
Category	Search	Search

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

Release activity

Category Filter BlockMDTF

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.