Collapse It vs Show-Hide / Collapse-Expand

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

Show-Hide / Collapse-Expand is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Collapse It

by Filippo Maniero

Health C62

Show-Hide / Collapse-Expand

by buntegiraffe

Health D49

Active-install trajectory

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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	Collapse It	Show-Hide / Collapse-Expand
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	10K–20K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+150% ✓	Stable
Overall health	—	D · 49 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	55/100 ✓	5/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	0	20 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	71/100 ✓	53/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	1.2y ago ✓	3.6y ago
Downloads, last 30d	194	782 ✓
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.	-4%	+43%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.5%	6.2% ✓
Category	Blocks	Chat & Support

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

Release activity

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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.