Edit Term Group vs Search & Filter

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

Health D50

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Search & Filter moved down one install band, 50K+ to 40K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Edit Term Group	Search & Filter
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	—	40K–50K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	-20% ✓
Overall health	—	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	24/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	0	175 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	57/100	83/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.1y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	35	6.2K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	—	4.1% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Search

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

Release activity

Edit Term GroupSearch & Filter

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.