Lite Maintenance Mode vs Maintenance

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

Lite Maintenance Mode

by Dharmendra Patidar

Health A85

Maintenance

by WebFactory

Health A95

Active-install trajectory

Lite Maintenance ModeMaintenance

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	Lite Maintenance Mode	Maintenance
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	1M–2M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+1233% ✓	0%
Overall health	A · 85	A · 95 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	100/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.4★ ✓
Reviews	3	869 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago ✓	3mo ago
Downloads · 30d	496	119.6K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	13% ✓	5.2%
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Lite Maintenance ModeMaintenance

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.