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Category and Subcategory List Widget vs List Custom Taxonomy Widget

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

List Custom Taxonomy Widget is the safest pick: health A · 86 against 71 for Category and Subcategory List Widget, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

Category and Subcategory List Widget moved down one install band, 700+ to 600+; List Custom Taxonomy Widget moved down one install band, 9K+ to 8K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric Category and Subcategory List Widget List Custom Taxonomy Widget
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 600–700 8K–9K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. -14% -11% ✓
Overall health B · 71 A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 66/100 97/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 76/100 86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 4.0★ 4.4★ ✓
Reviews 4 21 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 79/100 95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Low Low
Last updated 11mo ago 4mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d 265 855 ✓
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. +24% +52%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 1.5% 6.5% ✓
Category Admin & Utilities Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Category and Subcategory List WidgetList Custom Taxonomy Widget

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.