PostViews Count & Popular Posts Widgets vs Wp Post Views

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

PostViews Count & Popular Posts Widgets

by ThemePacific

Health D45

Wp Post Views

by Ronak J Vanpariya

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

PostViews Count & Popular Posts Widgets Wp Post Views

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	PostViews Count & Popular Posts Widgets	Wp Post Views
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	4K–5K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.04★ ✓
Reviews	1	6 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.5y ago	8d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	89	2.8K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Analytics

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

Release activity

PostViews Count & Popular Posts Widgets Wp Post Views

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.