Tag, Category & Author Link Button vs Visual Term Description Editor

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

Health D41

Health C59

Active-install trajectory

Visual Term Description Editor moved down one install band, 20K+ to 10K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Tag, Category & Author Link Button	Visual Term Description Editor
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	—	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	-50% ✓
Overall health	—	C · 59 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	23/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	—	4.60★ ✓
Reviews	0	21 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	43/100	73/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	16.2y ago	2.1y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	20	904 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	—	9.9% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Tag, Category & Author Link ButtonVisual Term Description Editor

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.