Custom Recent Posts Widget vs Category For Pages

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

Custom Recent Posts Widget

by Prasanna SP

Health D48

Category For Pages

by A. H. M. Anawar Parvez

Health D44

Active-install trajectory

Custom Recent Posts Widget Category For Pages

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	Custom Recent Posts Widget	Category For Pages
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K ✓	200–300
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 48 ✓	D · 44
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	84/100 ✓	71/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.32★ ✓	3.85★
Reviews	9 ✓	3
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	39/100 ✓	38/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	8.8y ago ✓	9.5y ago
Downloads · 30d	130 ✓	83
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Custom Recent Posts Widget Category For 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.