List all posts by Authors, nested Categories and T vs WP Popular Posts

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

List all posts by Authors, nested Categories and T and WP Popular Posts are close on health (A · 88 vs A · 88), with nothing separating them on the sub-scores.

List all posts by Authors, nested Categories and T

by fmarzocca

Health A88

WP Popular Posts

by Hector Cabrera

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

List all posts by Authors, nested Categories and T moved down one install band, 700+ to 600+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	List all posts by Authors, nested Categories and T	WP Popular Posts
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	600–700	100K–200K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-14%	Stable ✓
Overall health	A · 88	A · 88
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	86/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	68/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.4★	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	10	249 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago	4d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	287	76.3K ✓
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%	-6%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.9% ✓	1.1%
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

List all posts by Authors, nested Categories and TWP Popular Posts

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.