Frontend Dashboard Extra vs Date Range Filter

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

Frontend Dashboard Extra

by M A Vinoth Kumar

Health D51

Date Range Filter

by Jonathan Bardo

Health D47

Active-install trajectory

Frontend Dashboard Extra Date Range Filter

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	Frontend Dashboard Extra	Date Range Filter
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300 ✓	200–300
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	-33%
Overall health	D · 51 ✓	D · 47
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	17/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	81/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★	4.22★ ✓
Reviews	2	5 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	59/100 ✓	39/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated ✓	High
Last updated	2.5y ago ✓	9.6y ago
Downloads · 30d	214 ✓	69
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Frontend Dashboard Extra Date Range Filter

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.