Publishing Checklist vs Editorial Workflow Manager

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

Publishing Checklist

by Daniel Bachhuber

Health D43

Editorial Workflow Manager

by vzisis

Health B80

Active-install trajectory

Publishing ChecklistEditorial Workflow Manager

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	Publishing Checklist	Editorial Workflow Manager
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300 ✓	100–200
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+43% ✓
Overall health	D · 43 ✓	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	69/100 ✓	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	—
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.8★ ✓	—
Reviews	2 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	32/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	11.2y ago	3d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	100	484 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	4.5%	4.8% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Blocks

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

Release activity

Publishing ChecklistEditorial Workflow Manager

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.