Exclude Pages From Menu vs Exclude Pages

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

Health D42

Health D51

Active-install trajectory

Exclude Pages From Menu moved down one install band, 9K+ to 8K+; Exclude Pages moved down one install band, 30K+ to 20K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

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 (weighted for review count)	3.6★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	19	47 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	46/100 ✓	45/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated ✓	High
Last updated	5.6y ago ✓	8.9y ago
Downloads · 30d	455	903 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	7.1% ✓	1.9%
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.