WP No Base Permalink vs Pages with category and tag

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

WP No Base Permalink

by Sergio

Health D45

Pages with category and tag

by YAHMAN

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

WP No Base Permalink Pages with category and tag

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 No Base Permalink	Pages with category and tag
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K	50K–60K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-17%
Overall health	D · 45	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.03★	4.54★ ✓
Reviews	16	28 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	43/100	81/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	6.3y ago	16d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	279	1.7K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

WP No Base Permalink Pages with category and tag

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.