WP Feature Disable vs Classic Widgets

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

WP Feature Disable

by GKauten

Health D41

Classic Widgets

by Tonya Mork

Health B82

Active-install trajectory

WP Feature Disable Classic Widgets

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	WP Feature Disable	Classic Widgets
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	2M–3M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 41	B · 82 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	76/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.84★ ✓
Reviews	0	272 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	28/100	80/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	16.8y ago	9mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	47	54.6K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Blocks

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

Release activity

WP Feature Disable Classic Widgets

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.