Central Color Palette vs Classic Editor

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

Central Color Palette

by Tessa (they/them), AuRise Creative

Health D54

Classic Editor

by WordPress.org

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

Central Color Palette Classic Editor

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	Central Color Palette	Classic Editor
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K	9M–10M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 54	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	8/100	99/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	95/100	98/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.77★	4.89★ ✓
Reviews	57	1,246 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	54/100	83/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	3.0y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	526	825.4K ✓
Category	Blocks	Blocks

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

Release activity

Central Color Palette Classic Editor

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.