Hide Posts Tags vs Essential Widgets

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

Hide Posts Tags

by danymhanna

Health D45

Essential Widgets

by Catch Themes

Health B80

Active-install trajectory

Hide Posts TagsEssential Widgets

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	Hide Posts Tags	Essential Widgets
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80–90	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	B · 80 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	94/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	71/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★ ✓	3.8★
Reviews	1	2 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	5.0y ago	5mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	72	2.2K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.9% ✓	1.9%
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Hide Posts TagsEssential Widgets

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.