Glossary Index vs Alphabetical Pagination

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

Glossary Index

by stepanvanek

Health B72

Alphabetical Pagination

by mansoormunib

Health B80

Active-install trajectory

Glossary Index Alphabetical Pagination

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	Glossary Index	Alphabetical Pagination
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80 ✓	20–30
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+17% ✓	-33%
Overall health	B · 72	B · 80 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	80/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100 ✓	64/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★ ✓	3.59★
Reviews	0	3 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	83/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	8mo ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	59	87 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Glossary Index Alphabetical Pagination

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.