Posts Columns Manager vs Three Column Screen Layout

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

Posts Columns Manager

by Serhiy Zakharchenko

Health D51

Three Column Screen Layout

by Chad Hovell

Health D43

Active-install trajectory

Posts Columns Manager Three Column Screen Layout

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	Posts Columns Manager	Three Column Screen Layout
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	800–900	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 51 ✓	D · 43
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	7/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	88/100 ✓	70/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.47★ ✓	3.81★
Reviews	13	16 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	57/100 ✓	42/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated ✓	High
Last updated	3.2y ago ✓	9.7y ago
Downloads · 30d	186 ✓	137
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Posts Columns Manager Three Column Screen Layout

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.