Advanced Editor Tools vs Classic Editor

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

Advanced Editor Tools

by Andrew Ozz

Health B75

Classic Editor

by WordPress.org

Health A92

Active-install trajectory

Advanced Editor Tools Classic Editor

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	Advanced Editor Tools	Classic Editor
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1M–2M	9M–10M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 75	A · 92 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	77/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	89/100	98/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	53/100	70/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.50★	4.89★ ✓
Reviews	354	1,246 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	85/100 ✓	83/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	9mo ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	42.5K	851.5K ✓
Category	Blocks	Blocks

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

Release activity

Advanced Editor Tools Classic Editor

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.