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Taxonomy Tags to Checkboxes vs Radio Buttons for Taxonomies

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

Taxonomy Tags to Checkboxes is the safest pick: health B · 75 against 64 for Radio Buttons for Taxonomies, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

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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	Taxonomy Tags to Checkboxes	Radio Buttons for Taxonomies
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	700–800	20K–30K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-30%	Stable ✓
Overall health	B · 75 ✓	C · 64
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	78/100 ✓	32/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	2	50 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	82/100 ✓	73/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	8mo ago ✓	1.8y ago
Downloads, last 30d	311	4.5K ✓
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.	+19%	+7%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	10% ✓	5.5%
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

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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.