Post Type Archive Pages vs Essential Content Types

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

Post Type Archive Pages

by Darren Grant

Health D45

Essential Content Types

by Catch Themes

Health B82

Active-install trajectory

Post Type Archive Pages Essential Content Types

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	Post Type Archive Pages	Essential Content Types
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 45	B · 82 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	71/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★ ✓	3.85★
Reviews	1	3 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	32/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	6.6y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	197	3.4K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Post Type Archive Pages Essential Content Types

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.