User Taxonomy & Directory vs TagPages

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

User Taxonomy & Directory

by Umesh Kumar

Health D49

TagPages

by Bernhard Riedl

Health D46

Active-install trajectory

User Taxonomy & DirectoryTagPages

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	User Taxonomy & Directory	TagPages
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-38%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 49 ✓	D · 46
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	7/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100 ✓	78/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★ ✓	4.1★
Reviews	13 ✓	3
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	54/100 ✓	38/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated ✓	High
Last updated	3.1y ago ✓	9.0y ago
Downloads · 30d	222	285 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.1%	2.1% ✓
Category	Login & Users	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

User Taxonomy & DirectoryTagPages

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.