Posts in Posts vs Pages with category and tag

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

Pages with category and tag is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Posts in Posts

by WolfieZero

Health D41

Pages with category and tag

by YAHMAN

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Posts in PostsPages with category and tag

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 Posts	Pages with category and tag
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	50K–60K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	50+ → 40+	-17% ✓
Overall health	—	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	0	28 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	33/100	95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	15.1y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	58	2.1K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+17%	+15%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.9%	35% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Posts in PostsPages with category and tag

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.