Timeline Express vs Timeline Express HTML Excerpts Add-on

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

Health D42

Active-install trajectory

Timeline Express moved down one install band, 600+ to 500+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Timeline Express	Timeline Express HTML Excerpts Add-on
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600	1K–2K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	600+ → 500+	Stable ✓
Overall health	—	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	5/100	5/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	—
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	—
Reviews	0	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	47/100	47/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	3.6y ago	3.6y ago
Downloads, last 30d	163	287 ✓
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.	+51%	+72%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	4.1%	5.9% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Timeline ExpressTimeline Express HTML Excerpts Add-on

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.