Sticky Notes Widget vs Dashboard Sticky Notes

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

Sticky Notes Widget

by Nazmul Hossain Nihal

Health D46

Dashboard Sticky Notes

by Hiroaki Miyashita

Health D49

Active-install trajectory

Sticky Notes Widget Dashboard Sticky Notes

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	Sticky Notes Widget	Dashboard Sticky Notes
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	2K–3K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 46	D · 49 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	87/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.11★	4.45★ ✓
Reviews	4	12 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	45/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	11.5y ago	6.1y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	53	166 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Sticky Notes Widget Dashboard Sticky Notes

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.