Easy Primary Category vs Simple Primary Category

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

Easy Primary Category

by Gagan Deep Singh

Health B80

Simple Primary Category

by Ashar Irfan

Health D48

Active-install trajectory

Easy Primary Category Simple Primary Category

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 Primary Category	Simple Primary Category
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K ✓	100–200
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-50%
Overall health	B · 80 ✓	D · 48
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	85/100 ✓	12/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	80/100 ✓	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.17★ ✓	3.98★
Reviews	4 ✓	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	81/100 ✓	54/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	7mo ago ✓	2.8y ago
Downloads · 30d	226 ✓	84
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Easy Primary Category Simple Primary Category

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.