Visual Editor Biography vs Visual User Description Editor

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

Visual Editor Biography

by Kevin Leary

Health D48

Visual User Description Editor

by zwwuu

Health D46

Active-install trajectory

Visual Editor Biography Visual User Description 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	Visual Editor Biography	Visual User Description Editor
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	900–1K	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-10%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 48 ✓	D · 46
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	4/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	85/100 ✓	76/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.37★ ✓	4.06★
Reviews	12 ✓	2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	40/100	50/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	14.4y ago	3.8y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	366	421 ✓
Category	Login & Users	Login & Users

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

Release activity

Visual Editor Biography Visual User Description 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.