The Related Posts vs Manual Related Posts

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

The Related Posts

by Alobaidi

Health D41

Manual Related Posts

by Marcel Pol

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

The Related Posts Manual Related Posts

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	The Related Posts	Manual Related Posts
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 41	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.62★ ✓
Reviews	0	23 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	82/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	10.0y ago	yesterday ✓
Downloads · 30d	54	412 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

The Related Posts Manual Related Posts

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.