Hierarchical Link Categories vs Link View

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

Hierarchical Link Categories

by Zack Katz

Health D43

Link View

by mibuthu

Health D48

Active-install trajectory

Hierarchical Link CategoriesLink View

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	Hierarchical Link Categories	Link View
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80–90	700–800 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20% ✓	-25%
Overall health	D · 43	D · 48 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	69/100	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.8★	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	2	11 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	43/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	14.0y ago	5.9y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	74	190 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.0%	1.3% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Hierarchical Link CategoriesLink View

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.