Registration Honeypot vs Custom Post Type Widgets

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

Registration Honeypot

by Justin Tadlock

Health D43

Custom Post Type Widgets

by thingsym

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

Registration Honeypot Custom Post Type 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	Registration Honeypot	Custom Post Type Widgets
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 43	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	68/100	85/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.74★	4.38★ ✓
Reviews	8	14 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	34/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	12.3y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	291	1.6K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Registration Honeypot Custom Post Type 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.