Keyboard Scroll vs Quick Navigation Interface

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

Keyboard Scroll

by Lutz Schröer

Health D43

Quick Navigation Interface

by Ian Dunn

Health D47

Active-install trajectory

Keyboard ScrollQuick Navigation Interface

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	Keyboard Scroll	Quick Navigation Interface
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	40–50 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-43%
Overall health	D · 43	D · 47 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	68/100	81/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.8★	4.2★ ✓
Reviews	1	5 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	28/100	40/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	13.0y ago	5.9y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	141 ✓	81
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.3%	0.6% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Keyboard ScrollQuick Navigation Interface

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.