Category Image(s) vs Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager

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

Category Image(s)

by Scott Reilly

Health D45

Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager

by Steve Burge

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Category Image(s) Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager

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 Image(s)	Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	40K–50K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-20%
Overall health	D · 45	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.99★	4.54★ ✓
Reviews	2	194 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	14.2y ago	11d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	59	57.9K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Category Image(s) Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager

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.