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 D52

Active-install trajectory

Category IconTaxonomy 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	8K–9K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-20%
Overall health	B · 78 ✓	D · 52
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	13/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	58/100	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.3★	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	3	40 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	61/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	2.7y ago
Downloads · 30d	546	1.3K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.1%	3.6% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Category IconTaxonomy 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.