Dashboard Directory Size vs Dashboard Welcome for Elementor

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

Dashboard Directory Size

by Pete Nelson

Health C58

Dashboard Welcome for Elementor

by IdeaBox Creations

Health B83

Active-install trajectory

Dashboard Directory Size Dashboard Welcome for Elementor

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	Dashboard Directory Size	Dashboard Welcome for Elementor
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20% ✓	-50%
Overall health	C · 58	B · 83 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	35/100	98/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100 ✓	75/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★ ✓	4.02★
Reviews	2	23 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	70/100	95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.7y ago	4mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	152	1.8K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Dashboard Directory Size Dashboard Welcome for Elementor

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.