Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

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

Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress

Health D52

Active-install trajectory

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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	Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70K–80K	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-22%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 52	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	5/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	93/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.7★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	262 ✓	215
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	57/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.6y ago	25d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	2.1K	21K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.0% ✓	2.7%
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

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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.