CS Remove Category Base vs Custom Permalinks

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

CS Remove Category Base

by Codept Solutions

Health B77

Custom Permalinks

by Sami Ahmed Siddiqui

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

CS Remove Category BaseCustom Permalinks

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	CS Remove Category Base	Custom Permalinks
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	—	B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	93/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	77/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	—	4.07★ ✓
Reviews	0	116 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	5mo ago	19d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	74	104.1K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.6%	3.7% ✓
Category	SEO	SEO

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

Release activity

CS Remove Category BaseCustom Permalinks

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.