List Category vs Flexible Posts Widget

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

List Category

by AhmadSherif

Health D41

Flexible Posts Widget

by DaveE

Health D50

Active-install trajectory

List CategoryFlexible Posts Widget

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	List Category	Flexible Posts Widget
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	7K–8K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-22%	-13% ✓
Overall health	—	D · 50 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	0	56 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	28/100	45/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	16.7y ago	8.9y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	63	641 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.7%	3.2% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

List CategoryFlexible Posts Widget

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.