Easy Dashboard vs Advanced CSS Editor

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

Easy Dashboard

by Marco Milesi

Health B84

Advanced CSS Editor

by Hardeep Asrani

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

Easy DashboardAdvanced CSS Editor

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	Easy Dashboard	Advanced CSS Editor
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	4K–5K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-20%
Overall health	B · 84 ✓	D · 45
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	76/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★ ✓	4.0★
Reviews	5	6 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100 ✓	40/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	26d ago ✓	7.5y ago
Downloads · 30d	484 ✓	430
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.6%	3.8% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Easy DashboardAdvanced CSS 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.