Posts in Page vs Display Posts

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

Posts in Page

by ivycat

Health D48

Display Posts

by Bill Erickson

Health C63

Active-install trajectory

Posts in Page Display Posts

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 in Page	Display Posts
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K	80K–90K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 48	C · 63 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	29/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	85/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.38★	4.78★ ✓
Reviews	86	164 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	48/100	77/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.3y ago	1.9y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	311	3.7K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Posts in Page Display Posts

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.