Kadence Starter Templates vs Starter Templates: AI-Powered Website Templates fo
Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.
Starter Templates: AI-Powered Website Templates fo is the safest pick: health A · 92 against 85 for Kadence Starter Templates, led by stronger rating quality.
Active-install trajectory
Kadence Starter Templates moved down one install band, 300K+ to 200K+; Starter Templates: AI-Powered Website Templates fo moved down one install band, 2M+ to 1M+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.
| Metric | Kadence Starter Templates | Starter Templates: AI-Powered Website Templates fo |
|---|---|---|
| Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. | 200K–300K | 1M–2M ✓ |
| Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. | 300K+ → 200K+ ✓ | 2M+ → 1M+ |
| 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 (weighted for review count) | 4.1★ | 4.9★ ✓ |
| Reviews | 19 | 4,755 ✓ |
| Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. | 87/100 | 100/100 ✓ |
| Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. | Low | Low |
| Last updated | 3mo ago | yesterday ✓ |
| Downloads, last 30d | 32.9K | 1.3M ✓ |
| Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower. | -14% | -22% |
| Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. | 2.9% ✓ | 1.0% |
| Category | Blocks | Page Builders |
✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.
Release activity
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.