Dashboard: Recent Posts Extended vs Dashboard Widget Sidebar

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

Health D41

Health D48

Active-install trajectory

Dashboard Widget Sidebar moved down one install band, 400+ to 300+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Dashboard: Recent Posts Extended	Dashboard Widget Sidebar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	300–400 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-25%
Overall health	—	D · 48 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	0	8 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	33/100	39/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	17.8y ago	11.5y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	35	128 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.4%	2.2% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Dashboard: Recent Posts ExtendedDashboard Widget Sidebar

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.