Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor vs Easy Post Submission

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

Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor

Health B80

Health B81

Active-install trajectory

Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor moved down one install band, 200+ to 100+; Easy Post Submission moved up one install band, 3K+ to 4K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor	Easy Post Submission
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	4K–5K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	+33% ✓
Overall health	B · 80	B · 81 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	77/100	90/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	91/100 ✓	78/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.6★ ✓	4.1★
Reviews	22 ✓	6
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	87/100 ✓	77/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	9mo ago	6mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	565	1.4K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.4%	14% ✓
Category	Login & Users	Login & Users

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

Release activity

Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front EditorEasy Post Submission

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.