Pre-Publish Post Checklist vs PublishPress Checklists: Pre-Publishing Approval C

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

PublishPress Checklists: Pre-Publishing Approval C is the safest pick: health A · 90 against 47 for Pre-Publish Post Checklist, led by lower removal risk.

Pre-Publish Post Checklist

by danbriapps

Health D47

PublishPress Checklists: Pre-Publishing Approval C

by PublishPress

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	Pre-Publish Post Checklist	PublishPress Checklists: Pre-Publishing Approval C
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	3K–4K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	Stable
Overall health	D · 47	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	5	24 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	12.0y ago	10d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	99	4K ✓
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.	+7%	-8%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.3%	1.6% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Pre-Publish Post ChecklistPublishPress Checklists: Pre-Publishing Approval C

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.