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CuratorCrowd Recipe Box vs Recipe Manager

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

CuratorCrowd Recipe Box is the safest pick: health C · 56 against 42 for Recipe Manager, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	CuratorCrowd Recipe Box	Recipe Manager
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	10–20
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	Stable
Overall health	C · 56 ✓	D · 42
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	24/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100 ✓	67/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★ ✓	3.7★
Reviews	6 ✓	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	61/100 ✓	37/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated ✓	High
Last updated	2.0y ago ✓	8.7y ago
Downloads, last 30d	155 ✓	39
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.	-1%	0%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.2%	0.4% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

CuratorCrowd Recipe BoxRecipe Manager

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.