Lightweight Grid Columns vs Admin Columns

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

Lightweight Grid Columns

by Tom

Health D51

Admin Columns

by Codepress

Health A92

Active-install trajectory

Lightweight Grid Columns Admin Columns

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	Lightweight Grid Columns	Admin Columns
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 51	A · 92 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	93/100	98/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.66★	4.90★ ✓
Reviews	42	1,651 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	44/100	100/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.5y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	334	16.1K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	eCommerce

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

Release activity

Lightweight Grid Columns Admin Columns

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.