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Fix Category Count vs Count Posts in a Category, Tag, or Custom Taxonomy

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

Fix Category Count

by a 53 minute production

Health A86
Count Posts in a Category, Tag, or Custom Taxonomy

by Luke Mlsna

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

Fix Category Count moved up one install band, 90+ to 100+; Count Posts in a Category, Tag, or Custom Taxonomy moved down one install band, 200+ to 100+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric Fix Category Count Count Posts in a Category, Tag, or Custom Taxonomy
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 100–200 100–200 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window. +11% ✓ -50%
Overall health A · 86 ✓ D · 45
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 100/100 ✓ 3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 80/100 ✓ 76/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 4.2★ ✓ 4.1★
Reviews 9 ✓ 2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 89/100 ✓ 36/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Low ✓ High
Last updated 1mo ago ✓ 13.8y ago
Downloads · 30d 197 ✓ 93
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 2.0% ✓ 1.0%
Category Uncategorized Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Fix Category CountCount Posts in a Category, Tag, or Custom Taxonomy

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.