WP Select Box Navi vs Pagebar2

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

WP Select Box Navi

by Florian Steller

Health D43

Pagebar2

by Lutz Schröer

Health D44

Active-install trajectory

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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 Select Box Navi	Pagebar2
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	800–900 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-20%
Overall health	D · 43	D · 44 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	69/100	71/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.8★	3.9★ ✓
Reviews	2	3 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	33/100	43/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	13.8y ago	4.3y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	34	253 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.3%	0.5% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

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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.