Smart Post Grid vs Flex Guten

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

Health D46

Health C61

Active-install trajectory

Flex Guten moved down one install band, 400+ to 300+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Smart Post Grid	Flex Guten
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	300–400 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-25%
Overall health	D · 46 ✓	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	51/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100 ✓	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	—
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★ ✓	—
Reviews	5 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	71/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.5y ago	1.2y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	118	164 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.8%	3.8% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Smart Post GridFlex Guten

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.