Disable Gutenberg vs Classic Editor

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

Health A91

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Disable Gutenberg moved down one install band, 600K+ to 500K+; Classic Editor moved down one install band, 9M+ to 8M+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Disable Gutenberg	Classic Editor
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500K–600K	8M–9M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-17%	-11% ✓
Overall health	A · 91 ✓	A · 88
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	97/100 ✓	91/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	99/100 ✓	98/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.9★ ✓	4.9★
Reviews	735	1,251 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	98/100 ✓	83/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	4mo ago ✓	5mo ago
Downloads · 30d	52.3K	803.3K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	4.3%	8.5% ✓
Category	Blocks	Blocks

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

Release activity

Disable GutenbergClassic Editor

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.