Create And Assign Categories For Pages vs Add Category to Pages

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

Create And Assign Categories For Pages and Add Category to Pages are close on health (D · 51 vs D · 50). Create And Assign Categories For Pages has the lower removal risk.

Create And Assign Categories For Pages

by sandeepsinghhdp

Health D51

Add Category to Pages

by a.ankit

Health D50

Active-install trajectory

Add Category to Pages moved down one install band, 20K+ to 10K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Create And Assign Categories For Pages	Add Category to Pages
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K	10K–20K
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	20K+ → 10K+
Overall health	D · 51 ✓	D · 50
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	11/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	10	30 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	55/100 ✓	47/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated ✓	High
Last updated	2.8y ago ✓	7.1y ago
Downloads, last 30d	820	920 ✓
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.	+51%	+46%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	13% ✓	5.2%
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Create And Assign Categories For PagesAdd Category to 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.