Post UI Tabs vs jQuery UI Widgets

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

Health D50

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

Post UI Tabs moved down one install band, 500+ to 400+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Post UI Tabs	jQuery UI Widgets
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 50	A · 85 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	88/100 ✓	79/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.5★ ✓	4.2★
Reviews	14	19 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	40/100	72/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	13.5y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	155	283 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.8%	0.9% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Post UI TabsjQuery UI Widgets

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.