Lightweight Sidebar Manager vs Widgetize Pages Light

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

Lightweight Sidebar Manager

by Brainstorm Force

Health B84

Widgetize Pages Light

by OTWthemes

Health D46

Active-install trajectory

Lightweight Sidebar Manager Widgetize Pages Light

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	Lightweight Sidebar Manager	Widgetize Pages Light
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80K–90K ✓	3K–4K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-11%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 84 ✓	D · 46
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	77/100	78/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.08★	4.13★ ✓
Reviews	21	32 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	95/100 ✓	54/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	yesterday ✓	4.3y ago
Downloads · 30d	3.2K ✓	573
Category	Admin & Utilities	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Lightweight Sidebar Manager Widgetize Pages Light

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.