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Faster Pagination vs WP-PageNavi

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

WP-PageNavi is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 43 for Faster Pagination, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

WP-PageNavi moved down one install band, 500K+ to 400K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Faster Pagination	WP-PageNavi
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	400K–500K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	500K+ → 400K+
Overall health	D · 43	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	69/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.8★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	2	149 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	25/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.9y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	365	67.4K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+29%	-15%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.9%	2.9% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Faster PaginationWP-PageNavi

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.