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Category List Icon vs Easy Category Icons

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

Category List Icon and Easy Category Icons are close on health (D · 42 vs F · 39). Category List Icon has the stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

Easy Category Icons moved down one install band, 700+ to 600+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric Category List Icon Easy Category Icons
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 10–20 600–700 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. Stable ✓ -14%
Overall health D · 42 ✓ F · 39
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 3/100 3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 67/100 ✓ 58/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 3.7★ ✓ 3.3★
Reviews 1 10 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 32/100 36/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. High High
Last updated 11.4y ago 8.0y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d 27 211 ✓
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. -50% +12%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 0.3% 2.8% ✓
Category Uncategorized Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Category List IconEasy Category Icons

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.