Preserve Taxonomy Hierarchy vs Categories in Hierarchical Order

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

Preserve Taxonomy Hierarchy

by Amin Nazemi

Health C58

Categories in Hierarchical Order

by Amit Sonkhiya

Health D50

Active-install trajectory

Preserve Taxonomy Hierarchy Categories in Hierarchical Order

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 Taxonomy Hierarchy	Categories in Hierarchical Order
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	800–900	2K–3K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-11%	0% ✓
Overall health	C · 58 ✓	D · 50
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	33/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.12★	4.49★ ✓
Reviews	3	14 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	72/100 ✓	47/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	1.7y ago ✓	5.7y ago
Downloads · 30d	138	461 ✓
Category	eCommerce	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Preserve Taxonomy Hierarchy Categories in Hierarchical Order

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.