Relations lite vs Contextual Related Posts

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

Health D41

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

Contextual Related Posts moved down one install band, 60K+ to 50K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Relations lite	Contextual Related Posts
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	—	50K–60K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	-17% ✓
Overall health	—	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	—	4.77★ ✓
Reviews	0	201 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	33/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	6.3y ago	5d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	29	64.0K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	—	1.8% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	SEO

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

Release activity

Relations liteContextual Related Posts

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.