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Remove Category URL vs No Category Parents

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

Remove Category URL and No Category Parents are close on health (A · 86 vs A · 85), with nothing separating them on the sub-scores.

Active-install trajectory

Remove Category URLNo Category Parents

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	Remove Category URL	No Category Parents
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40K–50K ✓	6K–7K
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-33%	Stable ✓
Overall health	A · 86 ✓	A · 85
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	80/100 ✓	78/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★ ✓	4.1★
Reviews	61 ✓	3
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	96/100 ✓	89/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	17d ago ✓	2mo ago
Downloads, last 30d	17K ✓	815
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	-9%	-16%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	7.0%	7.7% ✓
Category	SEO	SEO

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

Release activity

Remove Category URLNo Category Parents

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.