Disable Trash vs Disable Media Pages

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

Disable Trash

by Carlos Martínez Romero

Health D45

Disable Media Pages

by joppuyo

Health B73

Active-install trajectory

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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 Trash	Disable Media Pages
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	B · 73 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	5/100	59/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.54★ ✓
Reviews	1	17 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	48/100	84/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.5y ago	1.1y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	70	1.0K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Media

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

Release activity

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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.