Front-end Editor vs Black Studio TinyMCE Widget

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

Front-end Editor

by scribu

Health D45

Black Studio TinyMCE Widget

by Black Studio

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

Front-end Editor Black Studio TinyMCE Widget

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	Front-end Editor	Black Studio TinyMCE Widget
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600	200K–300K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-17%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	75/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.99★	4.73★ ✓
Reviews	23	191 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	43/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	13.1y ago	9d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	155	99.9K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Front-end Editor Black Studio TinyMCE Widget

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.