Change Background Color for Pages, Posts, Widgets vs Disable Author Pages

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

Change Background Color for Pages, Posts, Widgets

by andybruce11

Health D45

Disable Author Pages

by Frank Neumann-Staude

Health D50

Active-install trajectory

Change Background Color for Pages, Posts, Widgets Disable Author Pages

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	Change Background Color for Pages, Posts, Widgets	Disable Author Pages
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	5K–6K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	-17% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	D · 50 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.48★ ✓
Reviews	1	17 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	45/100 ✓	41/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated ✓	High
Last updated	4.8y ago ✓	8.8y ago
Downloads · 30d	74	241 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Change Background Color for Pages, Posts, Widgets Disable Author Pages

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.