Maintenance Checklist vs PublishPress Checklists: Pre-Publishing Approval C

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

Maintenance Checklist

by ehoanshelt

Health D42

PublishPress Checklists: Pre-Publishing Approval C

by PublishPress

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

Maintenance Checklist PublishPress Checklists: Pre-Publishing Approval C

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	Maintenance Checklist	PublishPress Checklists: Pre-Publishing Approval C
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	3K–4K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 42	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	67/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.68★	4.63★ ✓
Reviews	1	24 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	28/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	14.2y ago	12d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	32	4.2K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Maintenance Checklist PublishPress Checklists: Pre-Publishing Approval C

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.