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

by runthings.dev

Health B79

Radio Buttons for Taxonomies

by HelgaTheViking

Health C66

Active-install trajectory

Taxonomy Tags to Checkboxes Radio Buttons for Taxonomies

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.	1K–2K	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+1567% ✓	0%
Overall health	B · 79 ✓	C · 66
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	88/100 ✓	38/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★	4.75★ ✓
Reviews	2	50 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100 ✓	82/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	6mo ago ✓	1.6y ago
Downloads · 30d	455	3.1K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Taxonomy Tags to Checkboxes Radio Buttons for Taxonomies

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.