Image & Text Widget vs Newpost Catch

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

Health D44

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

Image & Text Widget moved down one install band, 1K+ to 900+; Newpost Catch moved down one install band, 10K+ to 9K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Image & Text Widget	Newpost Catch
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	900–1K	9K–10K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-10%	-10%
Overall health	D · 44	B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	73/100	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.9★	4.1★ ✓
Reviews	4 ✓	2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.9y ago	6d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	176	3.5K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.3% ✓	3.0%
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Image & Text WidgetNewpost Catch

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.