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WP Blog Post Layouts vs Spectra Legacy

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

Spectra Legacy and WP Blog Post Layouts are close on health (A · 92 vs A · 89). Spectra Legacy has the stronger support.

Active-install trajectory

WP Blog Post Layouts moved down one install band, 10K+ to 9K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	WP Blog Post Layouts	Spectra Legacy
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	9K–10K	1M–2M ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	10K+ → 9K+	Stable ✓
Overall health	A · 89	A · 92 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	91/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	79/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.6★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	83	1,872 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	97/100 ✓	94/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	1.8K	663K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	-26%	+32%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	4.1% ✓	2.2%
Category	Blocks	Blocks

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

Release activity

WP Blog Post LayoutsSpectra Legacy

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.