Easy Widget Columns vs SpiceBox

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

Easy Widget Columns

by Alexis J. Villegas

Health D47

SpiceBox

by spicethemes

Health B82

Active-install trajectory

Easy Widget Columns SpiceBox

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 Widget Columns	SpiceBox
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 47	B · 82 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100 ✓	71/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.22★ ✓	3.86★
Reviews	5 ✓	4
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	43/100	85/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	6.1y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	87	2.7K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Easy Widget Columns SpiceBox

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.