Radio Taxonomy vs Term Menu Order

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

Radio Taxonomy

by Mitchell Bundy

Health D41

Term Menu Order

by Yoast

Health D46

Active-install trajectory

Radio TaxonomyTerm Menu Order

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	Radio Taxonomy	Term Menu Order
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	300–400 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+100% ✓	-25%
Overall health	—	D · 46 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	78/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.1★ ✓
Reviews	0	3 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	32/100	36/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	15.1y ago	14.3y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	58	117 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.6% ✓	1.1%
Category	Uncategorized	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Radio TaxonomyTerm Menu Order

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.