Enhanced Recent Posts vs Expanding Archives

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

Enhanced Recent Posts

by Vincent Mimoun-Prat

Health D46

Expanding Archives

by Ashley

Health D52

Active-install trajectory

Enhanced Recent Posts Expanding Archives

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	Enhanced Recent Posts	Expanding Archives
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	3K–4K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+50% ✓
Overall health	D · 46	D · 52 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	18/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	79/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.12★	4.16★ ✓
Reviews	3	6 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	61/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	12.4y ago	2.4y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	102	318 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Enhanced Recent Posts Expanding Archives

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.