Page Excerpt vs Excerpt Editor

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

Page Excerpt

by Jeremy Massel

Health D49

Excerpt Editor

by Andrew Ozz

Health D44

Active-install trajectory

Page Excerpt Excerpt Editor

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	Page Excerpt	Excerpt Editor
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	3K–4K ✓	500–600
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-17%
Overall health	D · 49 ✓	D · 44
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	86/100 ✓	72/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.40★ ✓	3.91★
Reviews	10 ✓	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	39/100 ✓	36/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	8.8y ago ✓	16.7y ago
Downloads · 30d	187 ✓	99
Category	Uncategorized	SEO

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

Release activity

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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.