Save and Close vs Save with keyboard

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

Save and Close

by lightbulbdigital

Health D48

Save with keyboard

by Mattia Trapani

Health D51

Active-install trajectory

Save and Close Save with keyboard

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	Save and Close	Save with keyboard
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	3K–4K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 48	D · 51 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	84/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.31★	4.67★ ✓
Reviews	13	31 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	40/100	47/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	13.4y ago	7.8y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	76	297 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Save and Close Save with keyboard

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.