Taxonomy List vs Pages with category and tag

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

Taxonomy List

by Muhammad Rehman

Health D52

Pages with category and tag

by YAHMAN

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Taxonomy List Pages with category and tag

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 List	Pages with category and tag
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600	50K–60K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-17%	-17%
Overall health	D · 52	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	13/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.28★	4.54★ ✓
Reviews	9	28 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	61/100	81/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.7y ago	16d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	88	1.7K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Taxonomy List Pages with category and tag

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.