Recent Posts with Excerpts vs Post and Page Excerpt Widgets

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

Active-install trajectory

Recent Posts with Excerpts Post and Page Excerpt Widgets

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 Posts with Excerpts	Post and Page Excerpt Widgets
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	600–700 ✓	60–70
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	-25%
Overall health	D · 47 ✓	D · 41
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100 ✓	65/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.22★ ✓	3.60★
Reviews	5 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	32/100 ✓	29/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	10.2y ago ✓	10.4y ago
Downloads · 30d	120 ✓	59
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Recent Posts with Excerpts Post and Page Excerpt Widgets

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.