Custom News Widget vs News

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

Health D44

Health D46

Active-install trajectory

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

Metric	Custom News Widget	News
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	100–200 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 44	D · 46 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	72/100	78/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.9★	4.1★ ✓
Reviews	1	3 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	45/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	8.6y ago	4.1y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	38	235 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.4%	0.5% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Custom News WidgetNews

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.