WP Post Status Notifications vs Post Type Switcher

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

WP Post Status Notifications

by Josh

Health D41

Post Type Switcher

by John James Jacoby

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

WP Post Status Notifications Post Type Switcher

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 Post Status Notifications	Post Type Switcher
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	200K–300K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 41	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	89/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.72★ ✓
Reviews	0	253 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	84/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	11.4y ago	6mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	34	19.8K ✓
Category	Email & Marketing	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

WP Post Status Notifications Post Type Switcher

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.