Taxonomy Images vs Term Management Tools

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

Taxonomy Images

by Ben Huson

Health D53

Term Management Tools

by scribu

Health B82

Active-install trajectory

Taxonomy Images Term Management Tools

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	Taxonomy Images	Term Management Tools
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	9K–10K	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-10%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 53	B · 82 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	16/100	77/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.28★	4.77★ ✓
Reviews	40	76 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	67/100	80/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.5y ago	9mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	1.2K	6.4K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Taxonomy Images Term Management Tools

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.