Category Icon vs Taxonomy Images

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

Category Icon

by pixelgrade

Health B78

Taxonomy Images

by Ben Huson

Health D53

Active-install trajectory

Category Icon Taxonomy Images

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 Icon	Taxonomy Images
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K	9K–10K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-10%
Overall health	B · 78 ✓	D · 53
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	16/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	58/100	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.32★	4.28★ ✓
Reviews	3	40 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	67/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	16d ago ✓	2.5y ago
Downloads · 30d	1.1K	1.2K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Category Icon Taxonomy Images

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.