NS Category Widget vs List Custom Taxonomy Widget

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

NS Category Widget

by Nilambar Sharma

Health B75

List Custom Taxonomy Widget

by Nick Halsey

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

NS Category Widget List Custom Taxonomy 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	NS Category Widget	List Custom Taxonomy Widget
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	9K–10K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 75	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	64/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	91/100 ✓	86/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.58★ ✓	4.39★
Reviews	34 ✓	21
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	12mo ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	269	496 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

NS Category Widget List Custom Taxonomy 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.