WP Term Order vs Simple Taxonomy Ordering

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

WP Term Order

by John James Jacoby

Health A85

Simple Taxonomy Ordering

by Evan Herman

Health D52

Active-install trajectory

WP Term Order Simple Taxonomy Ordering

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 Term Order	Simple Taxonomy Ordering
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	6K–7K	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-14% ✓	-50%
Overall health	A · 85 ✓	D · 52
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	91/100 ✓	6/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	88/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.46★	4.60★ ✓
Reviews	20	28 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	91/100 ✓	61/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	5mo ago ✓	3.4y ago
Downloads · 30d	1.9K	6.8K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

WP Term Order Simple Taxonomy Ordering

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.