Design Upgrade for LearnDash vs Widget Areas for LearnDash

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

Health D52

Health C67

Active-install trajectory

Design Upgrade for LearnDash moved down one install band, 7K+ to 6K+; Widget Areas for LearnDash moved down one install band, 700+ to 600+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Design Upgrade for LearnDash	Widget Areas for LearnDash
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	6K–7K ✓	600–700
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-14%	-14%
Overall health	D · 52	C · 67 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	48/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	96/100 ✓	86/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.8★ ✓	4.4★
Reviews	53 ✓	10
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	54/100	73/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	4.2y ago	1.3y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	577 ✓	242
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.5%	5.1% ✓
Category	Education	Education

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

Release activity

Design Upgrade for LearnDashWidget 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.