Publish Date DatePicker vs Availability Datepicker

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

Publish Date DatePicker

by Vinod Dalvi

Health D44

Availability Datepicker

by inputwp

Health B79

Active-install trajectory

Publish Date DatePicker Availability Datepicker

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	Publish Date DatePicker	Availability Datepicker
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25% ✓	-50%
Overall health	D · 44	B · 79 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	87/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	73/100	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.92★	4.05★ ✓
Reviews	4	42 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	41/100	81/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	5.5y ago	6mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	84	1.6K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Booking & Events

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

Release activity

Publish Date DatePicker Availability Datepicker

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.