GS Books Showcase vs Books Custom Post Type (Genre, Authors and Series)

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

GS Books Showcase

by GS Plugins

Health A89

Books Custom Post Type (Genre, Authors and Series)

by DannyCooper

Health B80

Active-install trajectory

GS Books Showcase Books Custom Post Type (Genre, Authors and Series)

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	GS Books Showcase	Books Custom Post Type (Genre, Authors and Series)
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600 ✓	30–40
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-40%
Overall health	A · 89 ✓	B · 80
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	90/100 ✓	65/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.57★ ✓	3.60★
Reviews	42 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	98/100 ✓	88/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	4d ago ✓	16d ago
Downloads · 30d	843 ✓	163
Category	Email & Marketing	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

GS Books Showcase Books Custom Post Type (Genre, Authors and Series)

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.