Frontype vs Custom Front Page

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

Frontype

by Jose Mortellaro

Health B84

Custom Front Page

by Micah Wood

Health D46

Active-install trajectory

Frontype Custom Front Page

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	Frontype	Custom Front Page
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	900–1K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 84 ✓	D · 46
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	99/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	77/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.05★	4.09★ ✓
Reviews	4	7 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	82/100 ✓	44/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	5.7y ago
Downloads · 30d	79	96 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Frontype Custom Front Page

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.