Exclude Category from Blog vs Ultimate Category Excluder

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

Exclude Category from Blog

by WonderPlugin

Health D48

Ultimate Category Excluder

by Marios Alexandrou

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

Exclude Category from Blog Ultimate Category Excluder

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	Exclude Category from Blog	Ultimate Category Excluder
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	50K–60K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 48	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	13/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	73/100	80/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.94★	4.20★ ✓
Reviews	7	77 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	59/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.7y ago	9d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	206	2.2K ✓
Category	Search	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Exclude Category from Blog Ultimate Category Excluder

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.