Smart Maintenance Scheduler vs Maintenance

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

Health B80

Health A95

Active-install trajectory

Smart Maintenance Scheduler moved up one install band, 20+ to 30+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Smart Maintenance Scheduler	Maintenance
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	1M–2M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+50% ✓	0%
Overall health	—	A · 95 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	100/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.4★ ✓
Reviews	0	869 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	yesterday ✓
Downloads · 30d	114	121.5K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.0%	5.2% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Smart Maintenance SchedulerMaintenance

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.