Current Year Shortcodes vs Shortcode for Current Date

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

Current Year Shortcodes

by Lukas

Health D50

Shortcode for Current Date

by Imtiaz Rayhan

Health B83

Active-install trajectory

Current Year Shortcodes Shortcode for Current Date

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	Current Year Shortcodes	Shortcode for Current Date
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 50	B · 83 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	14/100	78/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.12★	4.87★ ✓
Reviews	3	116 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	59/100	79/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.7y ago	8mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	154	1.4K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Current Year Shortcodes Shortcode for Current Date

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.