Section Widget vs Shortcoder

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

Section Widget

by ctltwp

Health C62

Shortcoder

by vaakash

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

Section Widget Shortcoder

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	Section Widget	Shortcoder
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	0% ✓
Overall health	C · 62	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	48/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	73/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.93★	4.81★ ✓
Reviews	5	226 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	54/100	84/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	1.3y ago	27d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	136	54.5K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Section Widget Shortcoder

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.