Ultimate Tag Cloud Widget vs Configurable Tag Cloud (CTC)

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

Ultimate Tag Cloud Widget

by Rickard Andersson

Health D50

Configurable Tag Cloud (CTC)

by Keith S.

Health D44

Active-install trajectory

Ultimate Tag Cloud Widget Configurable Tag Cloud (CTC)

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	Ultimate Tag Cloud Widget	Configurable Tag Cloud (CTC)
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	4K–5K ✓	2K–3K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 50 ✓	D · 44
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	6/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	88/100 ✓	70/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.49★ ✓	3.81★
Reviews	49 ✓	10
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	43/100	49/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	8.8y ago	3.4y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	286 ✓	255
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Ultimate Tag Cloud Widget Configurable Tag Cloud (CTC)

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.