Kadence Starter Templates vs Starter Templates

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

Kadence Starter Templates

by Nexcess

Health A85

Starter Templates

by Brainstorm Force

Health A92

Active-install trajectory

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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	Kadence Starter Templates	Starter Templates
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200K–300K	1M–2M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-50%
Overall health	A · 85	A · 92 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	99/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.12★	4.94★ ✓
Reviews	19	4,745 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	74/100	100/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	13d ago	5d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	271.3K	1.7M ✓
Category	Blocks	Page Builders

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

Release activity

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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.