Intuitive Navigation vs Smarter Navigation

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

Intuitive Navigation

by Denis Buka

Health D41

Smarter Navigation

by scribu

Health D47

Active-install trajectory

Intuitive Navigation Smarter Navigation

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	Intuitive Navigation	Smarter Navigation
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	300–400 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-25%
Overall health	D · 41	D · 47 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	82/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.26★ ✓
Reviews	0	10 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	37/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	14.6y ago	11.0y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	34	75 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Intuitive Navigation Smarter Navigation

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.