Taxonomy Thumbnail vs Taxonomy Images

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

Taxonomy Thumbnail

by Grégory Viguier

Health D49

Taxonomy Images

by Ben Huson

Health D53

Active-install trajectory

Taxonomy Thumbnail Taxonomy Images

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 Thumbnail	Taxonomy Images
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	3K–4K	9K–10K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	-10% ✓
Overall health	D · 49	D · 53 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	16/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	86/100 ✓	83/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.40★ ✓	4.28★
Reviews	10	40 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	40/100	67/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	10.3y ago	2.5y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	403	1.2K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Taxonomy Thumbnail Taxonomy Images

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.