Duplicate Widget vs Feature A Page Widget

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

Duplicate Widget

by Scott Reilly

Health D46

Feature A Page Widget

by mrwweb

Health D51

Active-install trajectory

Duplicate Widget Feature A Page Widget

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	Duplicate Widget	Feature A Page Widget
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	3K–4K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-25%
Overall health	D · 46	D · 51 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.12★	4.68★ ✓
Reviews	12	29 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	39/100	50/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	8.8y ago	6.0y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	148	223 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Duplicate Widget Feature A Page Widget

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.