Genesis Widget Column Classes vs Genesis Featured Page Advanced

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

Genesis Widget Column Classes is the safest pick: health A · 85 against 58 for Genesis Featured Page Advanced, led by lower removal risk.

Genesis Widget Column Classes

by Jory Hogeveen

Health A85

Genesis Featured Page Advanced

by Nick Diego

Health C58

Active-install trajectory

Genesis Widget Column Classes moved down one install band, 6K+ to 5K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Genesis Widget Column Classes	Genesis Featured Page Advanced
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	5K–6K	7K–8K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	6K+ → 5K+	Stable ✓
Overall health	A · 85 ✓	C · 58
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	19/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	79/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	8	29 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	91/100 ✓	60/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	18d ago ✓	2.4y ago
Downloads, last 30d	562 ✓	432
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.	+21%	+33%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	5.3% ✓	4.2%
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Genesis Widget Column ClassesGenesis Featured Page Advanced

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.