Recent & Featured Posts Widget vs Replace Image

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

Recent & Featured Posts Widget

by graysea

Health D44

Replace Image

by WP Zone

Health C58

Active-install trajectory

Recent & Featured Posts Widget Replace Image

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	Recent & Featured Posts Widget	Replace Image
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	600–700	8K–9K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-11%
Overall health	D · 44	C · 58 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	24/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	72/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.91★	4.46★ ✓
Reviews	1	65 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	75/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	10.6y ago	2.0y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	87	772 ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Recent & Featured Posts Widget Replace Image

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.