Web Directory Free vs Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listin

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

Web Directory Free

by Shamalli

Health B84

Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listin

by wpWax

Health A93

Active-install trajectory

Web Directory Free Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listin

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	Web Directory Free	Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listin
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 84	A · 93 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	75/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	84/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	3.99★	4.63★ ✓
Reviews	20	697 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	4d ago ✓	20d ago
Downloads · 30d	3.3K	18.8K ✓
Category	eCommerce	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Web Directory Free Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listin

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.