Recent Post Scroll Widget vs LATEST-POST-NEW

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

LATEST-POST-NEW is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	Recent Post Scroll Widget	LATEST-POST-NEW
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	10–20
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	Stable
Overall health	—	D · 45 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.1★ ✓
Reviews	0	2 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	39/100 ✓	36/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	5.8y ago ✓	13.6y ago
Downloads, last 30d	31	32 ✓
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.	-50%	0%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.4%	0.4% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Recent Post Scroll WidgetLATEST-POST-NEW

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.