Preserve Editor Scroll Position vs Advanced Editor Tools

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

Preserve Editor Scroll Position

by Dominik Schilling

Health D47

Advanced Editor Tools

by Andrew Ozz

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Preserve Editor Scroll Position Advanced Editor Tools

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	Preserve Editor Scroll Position	Advanced Editor Tools
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	4K–5K	1M–2M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-50%
Overall health	D · 47	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	80/100	89/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.18★	4.50★ ✓
Reviews	9	354 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	39/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.8y ago	3d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	201	785.0K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Blocks

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

Release activity

Preserve Editor Scroll Position Advanced Editor Tools

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.