Faster Appearance vs Editor Menu and Widget Access

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

Faster Appearance

by sevenspark

Health D51

Editor Menu and Widget Access

by GuyPrimavera

Health D50

Active-install trajectory

Faster Appearance Editor Menu and Widget Access

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	Faster Appearance	Editor Menu and Widget Access
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	7K–8K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	-13% ✓
Overall health	D · 51 ✓	D · 50
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	91/100 ✓	88/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.60★ ✓	4.49★
Reviews	29 ✓	24
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	42/100	51/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	13.0y ago	5.2y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	68	367 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Faster Appearance Editor Menu and Widget Access

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.