Genesis Sandbox Featured Content Widget vs Genesis Featured Widget Amplified

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

Genesis Sandbox Featured Content Widget

by Travis Smith

Health D50

Genesis Featured Widget Amplified

by Nick the Geek

Health D50

Active-install trajectory

Genesis Sandbox Featured Content Widget Genesis Featured Widget Amplified

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	Genesis Sandbox Featured Content Widget	Genesis Featured Widget Amplified
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	2K–3K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 50	D · 50
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	88/100	88/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.49★ ✓	4.47★
Reviews	14	15 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	41/100	43/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	8.8y ago	8.7y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	126	154 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Genesis Sandbox Featured Content Widget Genesis Featured Widget Amplified

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.