Exclude Pages From Menu vs Exclude Pages

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

Exclude Pages From Menu

by Vinod Dalvi

Health D42

Exclude Pages

by Simon Wheatley

Health D51

Active-install trajectory

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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	Exclude Pages From Menu	Exclude Pages
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	8K–9K	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-11% ✓	-33%
Overall health	D · 42	D · 51 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	66/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.64★	4.66★ ✓
Reviews	19	47 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	48/100 ✓	45/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated ✓	High
Last updated	5.5y ago ✓	8.8y ago
Downloads · 30d	245	486 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

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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.