Quick Navigation Interface vs ShowKeys

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

Quick Navigation Interface

by Ian Dunn

Health D47

ShowKeys

by URBAN BASE

Health D41

Active-install trajectory

Quick Navigation InterfaceShowKeys

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	Quick Navigation Interface	ShowKeys
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50 ✓	10–20
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-43%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 47 ✓	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100 ✓	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	—
Rating (adjusted)	4.22★ ✓	—
Reviews	5 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	42/100	49/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	5.9y ago	4.0y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	78 ✓	42
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.6% ✓	0.4%
Category	Admin & Utilities	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Quick Navigation InterfaceShowKeys

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.