List Child Pages Shortcode vs Display Posts

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

List Child Pages Shortcode

by douglaskarr

Health B71

Display Posts

by Bill Erickson

Health C63

Active-install trajectory

List Child Pages Shortcode Display Posts

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 Child Pages Shortcode	Display Posts
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	600–700	80K–90K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 71 ✓	C · 63
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	66/100 ✓	29/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.12★	4.78★ ✓
Reviews	3	164 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	80/100 ✓	77/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	11mo ago ✓	1.9y ago
Downloads · 30d	259	3.7K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

List Child Pages Shortcode Display 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.