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There Can Be Only One vs Expire Sticky Posts

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

There Can Be Only One and Expire Sticky Posts are close on health (D · 45 vs D · 45), with nothing separating them on the sub-scores.

Active-install trajectory

There Can Be Only One moved down one install band, 50+ to 40+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	There Can Be Only One	Expire Sticky Posts
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	1K–2K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-20%	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 45	D · 45
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.1★ ✓
Reviews	1	2 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	28/100	34/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	11.7y ago ✓	11.9y ago
Downloads, last 30d	62	220 ✓
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.	+100%	+41%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.2%	6.7% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

There Can Be Only OneExpire Sticky 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.