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Products Showcase vs Spectra Legacy

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

Spectra Legacy is the safest pick: health A · 92 against 86 for Products Showcase, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

Products ShowcaseSpectra Legacy

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	Products Showcase	Spectra Legacy
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	1M–2M ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+900% ✓	Stable
Overall health	A · 86	A · 92 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	80/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	79/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	4	1,872 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	210	663K ✓
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%	+32%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	4.7% ✓	2.2%
Category	Blocks	Blocks

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

Release activity

Products ShowcaseSpectra Legacy

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.