Widget Areas for LearnDash vs Design Upgrade for LearnDash

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

Health C67

Health D52

Active-install trajectory

Widget Areas for LearnDash moved down one install band, 700+ to 600+; Design Upgrade for LearnDash moved down one install band, 7K+ to 6K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Widget Areas for LearnDash	Design Upgrade for LearnDash
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	600–700	6K–7K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-14%	-14%
Overall health	C · 67 ✓	D · 52
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	48/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	86/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.4★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	10	53 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	73/100 ✓	54/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	1.3y ago ✓	4.2y ago
Downloads · 30d	242	577 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	5.1% ✓	2.5%
Category	Education	Education

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

Release activity

Widget Areas for LearnDashDesign Upgrade for LearnDash

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.