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Front Page Category vs Pages with category and tag

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

Pages with category and tag is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 48 for Front Page Category, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Front Page CategoryPages with category and tag

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 Page Category	Pages with category and tag
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	5K–6K	50K–60K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-17%	-17%
Overall health	D · 48	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	12/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	26	28 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	61/100	95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.8y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	552	2.1K ✓
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.	+22%	+11%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	4.1%	35% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Front Page CategoryPages with category and tag

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.