Get Post List With Thumbnails vs Recent Posts by Category (RCP)

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

Health D46

Active-install trajectory

Get Post List With Thumbnails moved down one install band, 200+ to 100+; Recent Posts by Category (RCP) moved up one install band, 10+ to 20+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Get Post List With Thumbnails	Recent Posts by Category (RCP)
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200 ✓	20–30
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	+100% ✓
Overall health	D · 46	B · 73 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	74/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	79/100 ✓	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★ ✓	4.0★
Reviews	5 ✓	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	80/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	13.2y ago	9mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	142	175 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.3%	0.8% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Get Post List With ThumbnailsRecent Posts by Category (RCP)

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.