Page Excerpt Widget vs Page Excerpt

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

Page Excerpt Widget

by JonathanMH

Health D47

Page Excerpt

by Jeremy Massel

Health D49

Active-install trajectory

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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 Widget	Page Excerpt
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	3K–4K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 47	D · 49 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100	86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.27★	4.40★ ✓
Reviews	6	10 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	39/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	11.7y ago	8.8y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	171	202 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Uncategorized

✓ 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.