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Show-Hide / Collapse-Expand vs Accordion FAQ

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

Accordion FAQ is the safest pick: health B · 73 against 49 for Show-Hide / Collapse-Expand, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Accordion FAQ moved down one install band, 40K+ to 30K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Show-Hide / Collapse-Expand	Accordion FAQ
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K	30K–40K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	40K+ → 30K+
Overall health	D · 49	B · 73 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	5/100	60/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	20	676 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	53/100	83/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.6y ago	1.1y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	782	2.6K ✓
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.	+43%	+5%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	6.2% ✓	2.3%
Category	Chat & Support	Blocks

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

Release activity

Show-Hide / Collapse-ExpandAccordion FAQ

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.