Current Year Shortcode vs Dynamic Month & Year into Posts

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

Current Year Shortcode

by runthings.dev

Health C67

Dynamic Month & Year into Posts

by Gaurav Tiwari

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Current Year ShortcodeDynamic Month & Year into Posts

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	Current Year Shortcode	Dynamic Month & Year into Posts
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	8K–9K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+75% ✓	0%
Overall health	—	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	68/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	0	18 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	78/100	95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	11mo ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	89	2.3K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	7.3% ✓	6.6%
Category	Uncategorized	SEO

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

Release activity

Current Year ShortcodeDynamic Month & Year into 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.