Child pages as boxes with title,content and image vs List Pages Shortcode

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

List Pages Shortcode is the safest pick: health D · 49 against 45 for Child pages as boxes with title,content and image, led by lower removal risk.

Child pages as boxes with title,content and image

by touchwithsridhar

Health D45

List Pages Shortcode

by Aaron Harp

Health D49

Active-install trajectory

Child pages as boxes with title,content and image moved down one install band, 30+ to 20+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Child pages as boxes with title,content and image	List Pages Shortcode
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	5K–6K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-33%	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 45	D · 49 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	4/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.4★ ✓
Reviews	1	14 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	50/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	10.4y ago	3.7y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	167	586 ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	-12%	+20%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.3%	4.0% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Child pages as boxes with title,content and imageList Pages Shortcode

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.