Expanding Archives vs Newpost Catch

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

Expanding Archives

by Ashley

Health D52

Newpost Catch

by Tetsuya Imamura

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

Expanding Archives Newpost Catch

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	Expanding Archives	Newpost Catch
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	3K–4K	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+50% ✓	0%
Overall health	D · 52	B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	18/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	79/100 ✓	76/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.16★ ✓	4.06★
Reviews	6 ✓	2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	61/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.4y ago	9d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	318	3.4K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Expanding Archives Newpost Catch

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.