Page Excerpts vs Admin Dashboard Last Edits

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

Page Excerpts

by Jonathan Brinley

Health D45

Admin Dashboard Last Edits

by Johannes

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

Page Excerpts Admin Dashboard Last Edits

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 Excerpts	Admin Dashboard Last Edits
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	900–1K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	+13% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.34★ ✓
Reviews	1	8 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	32/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	13.8y ago	25d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	60	166 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Page Excerpts Admin Dashboard Last Edits

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.