Design Upgrade for LearnDash vs Widget Areas for LearnDash

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

Design Upgrade for LearnDash

by Dave Warfel

Health D52

Widget Areas for LearnDash

by Dave Warfel

Health B70

Active-install trajectory

Design Upgrade for LearnDash Widget Areas for LearnDash

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	Design Upgrade for LearnDash	Widget Areas for LearnDash
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	7K–8K ✓	700–800
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 52	B · 70 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	56/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	96/100 ✓	86/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.78★ ✓	4.40★
Reviews	53 ✓	10
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	57/100	81/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	4.1y ago	1.1y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	323 ✓	161
Category	Education	Education

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

Release activity

Design Upgrade for LearnDash Widget Areas for LearnDash

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.