Recipe Creator vs WP Recipe Maker

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

Health D49

Health A92

Active-install trajectory

Recipe Creator moved down one install band, 40+ to 30+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Recipe Creator	WP Recipe Maker
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	50K–60K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	0% ✓
Overall health	—	A · 92 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	23/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	98/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.9★ ✓
Reviews	0	357 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	58/100	100/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.1y ago	5d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	105	83K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.0%	1.2% ✓
Category	Blocks	SEO

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

Release activity

Recipe CreatorWP Recipe Maker

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.