Essential Widgets vs Flexible Posts Widget

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

Health B80

Health D50

Active-install trajectory

Flexible Posts Widget moved down one install band, 8K+ to 7K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Essential Widgets	Flexible Posts Widget
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K ✓	7K–8K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-13%
Overall health	B · 80 ✓	D · 50
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	94/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.8★	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	2	56 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100 ✓	45/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	5mo ago ✓	8.9y ago
Downloads · 30d	2.2K ✓	641
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.9%	3.2% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Essential WidgetsFlexible Posts Widget

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.