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Future Posts Calendar vs WP Author, Date and Meta Remover

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

Future Posts Calendar is the safest pick: health D · 45 against 40 for WP Author, Date and Meta Remover, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

Future Posts Calendar moved up one install band, 50+ to 60+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric Future Posts Calendar WP Author, Date and Meta Remover
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 60–70 10K–20K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. 50+ → 60+ ✓ Stable
Overall health D · 45 ✓ D · 40
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 3/100 3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 74/100 ✓ 61/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 4.0★ ✓ 3.5★
Reviews 1 25 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 36/100 46/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. High High
Last updated 13.1y ago 5.8y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d 81 706 ✓
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. +16% +41%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 0.2% 3.7% ✓
Category Booking & Events Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Future Posts CalendarWP Author, Date and Meta Remover

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.