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Taxonomy Term Listing for Visual Composer vs Video Background

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

Taxonomy Term Listing for Visual Composer is the safest pick: health B · 83 against 54 for Video Background, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Taxonomy Term Listing for Visual ComposerVideo Background

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 Term Listing for Visual Composer	Video Background
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	8K–9K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-50%	-20% ✓
Overall health	B · 83 ✓	D · 54
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	94/100 ✓	16/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	80/100	85/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★	4.4★ ✓
Reviews	4	63 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100 ✓	63/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	5mo ago ✓	2.5y ago
Downloads, last 30d	165	939 ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+20%	+43%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.5%	2.9% ✓
Category	Blocks	Page Builders

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

Release activity

Taxonomy Term Listing for Visual ComposerVideo Background

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.