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Timeline Designer vs Flexible Recent Posts

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

Active-install trajectory

Timeline Designer moved down one install band, 60+ to 50+; Flexible Recent Posts moved down one install band, 400+ to 300+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric Timeline Designer Flexible Recent Posts
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 50–60 300–400 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window. -17% ✓ -25%
Overall health C · 62 ✓ D · 48
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 52/100 ✓ 3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 67/100 84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 3.7★ 4.3★ ✓
Reviews 1 8 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 67/100 ✓ 39/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Low ✓ High
Last updated 1.2y ago ✓ 11.1y ago
Downloads · 30d 109 117 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 0.7% 1.3% ✓
Category Uncategorized Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Timeline DesignerFlexible Recent 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.