Sidebar Content Clone vs Duplicate Widgets

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

Sidebar Content Clone

by Gaurang Sondagar

Health B77

Duplicate Widgets

by aleksandargubecka

Health D47

Active-install trajectory

Sidebar Content Clone Duplicate Widgets

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	Sidebar Content Clone	Duplicate Widgets
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	3K–4K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-25%
Overall health	B · 77 ✓	D · 47
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	99/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	57/100	80/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.30★	4.18★ ✓
Reviews	4	9 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100 ✓	40/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	8.2y ago
Downloads · 30d	121	286 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Sidebar Content Clone Duplicate Widgets

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.