Child Pages Card vs HTML Page Sitemap (Block and Shortcode)

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

HTML Page Sitemap (Block and Shortcode) and Child Pages Card are close on health (A · 86 vs B · 83). HTML Page Sitemap (Block and Shortcode) has the stronger rating quality.

Child Pages Card

by Katsushi Kawamori

Health B83

HTML Page Sitemap (Block and Shortcode)

by Angelo Mandato

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

Child Pages CardHTML Page Sitemap (Block and Shortcode)

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	Child Pages Card	HTML Page Sitemap (Block and Shortcode)
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80–90	10K–20K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+33% ✓	Stable
Overall health	B · 83	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	72/100	81/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.9★	4.2★ ✓
Reviews	2	24 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	193	2.7K ✓
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.	+22%	-34%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.3%	2.3% ✓
Category	Blocks	Blocks

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

Release activity

Child Pages CardHTML Page Sitemap (Block and Shortcode)

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.