Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order vs WP Category Sort

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

Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order

by nsp-code

Health A88

WP Category Sort

by Lovinnagi

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order WP Category Sort

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	Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order	WP Category Sort
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500K–600K ✓	500–600
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 88 ✓	D · 45
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	88/100 ✓	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.46★ ✓	3.98★
Reviews	162 ✓	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	96/100 ✓	45/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	8d ago ✓	4.7y ago
Downloads · 30d	205.8K ✓	92
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order WP Category Sort

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.