Remove Date vs WP Meta and Date Remover

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

Health C62

Health B82

Active-install trajectory

Remove Date moved up one install band, 20+ to 30+; WP Meta and Date Remover moved down one install band, 90K+ to 80K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Remove Date	WP Meta and Date Remover
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	80K–90K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+50% ✓	-11%
Overall health	—	B · 82 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	54/100	91/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	80/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.2★ ✓
Reviews	0	71 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	64/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.2y ago	5mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	42	9.9K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	6.8% ✓	3.6%
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Remove DateWP Meta and Date Remover

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.