Slug or PostID vs Simple Regenerate Slug

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

Slug or PostID

by unimakura

Health D43

Simple Regenerate Slug

by Sunny Patel

Health C68

Active-install trajectory

Slug or PostID Simple Regenerate Slug

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	Slug or PostID	Simple Regenerate Slug
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	600–700 ✓	500–600
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+33% ✓
Overall health	D · 43	C · 68 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	59/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	70/100	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.83★	4.04★ ✓
Reviews	1	10 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	32/100	82/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	13.6y ago	1.1y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	75	144 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Slug or PostID Simple Regenerate Slug

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.