Milestone vs Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance

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

Milestone

by fergbrain

Health D44

Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance

by adamskaat

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

Milestone Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance

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	Milestone	Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 44	B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	85/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	72/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.91★	4.68★ ✓
Reviews	1	183 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	32/100	93/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	13.9y ago	7mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	64	1.9K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Milestone Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance

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.