Disable Search vs Classic Widgets

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

Disable Search

by Scott Reilly

Health C66

Classic Widgets

by Tonya Mork

Health B82

Active-install trajectory

Disable Search Classic Widgets

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	Disable Search	Classic Widgets
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40K–50K	2M–3M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	0% ✓
Overall health	C · 66	B · 82 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	46/100	77/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	85/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.35★	4.84★ ✓
Reviews	16	272 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	76/100	81/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.4y ago	9mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	2.0K	56.0K ✓
Category	Search	Blocks

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

Release activity

Disable Search Classic Widgets

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.