Random Post Scheduler vs Publish to Schedule

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

Publish to Schedule is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Random Post Scheduler

by Jesús Lopez

Health C61

Publish to Schedule

by alexbenfica

Health B72

Active-install trajectory

Random Post SchedulerPublish to Schedule

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	Random Post Scheduler	Publish to Schedule
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	3K–4K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-75%	-40% ✓
Overall health	—	B · 72 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	53/100	66/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	79/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.1★ ✓
Reviews	0	23 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	71/100	85/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.2y ago	11mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	36	1.6K ✓
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.	+32%	+7%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.3%	3.3% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

✓ 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.