Colorful Categories vs Flexible Posts Widget

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

Colorful Categories

by Artem P.

Health B73

Flexible Posts Widget

by DaveE

Health D50

Active-install trajectory

Colorful Categories Flexible Posts Widget

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	Colorful Categories	Flexible Posts Widget
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K	7K–8K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-13%
Overall health	B · 73 ✓	D · 50
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	66/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	84/100	89/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.31★	4.50★ ✓
Reviews	13	57 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	83/100 ✓	46/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	11mo ago ✓	8.8y ago
Downloads · 30d	245	444 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Colorful Categories Flexible Posts 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.