Widget Builder vs Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

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

Health D43

Active-install trajectory

Widget Builder Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

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	Widget Builder	Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-17%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 43	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	70/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.81★	4.75★ ✓
Reviews	10	212 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	39/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	11.0y ago	10d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	98	3.7K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Widget Builder Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails

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.