Post Status Notifications vs Archive Content with Archived Post Status

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

Post Status Notifications

by DraftPress Team

Health D45

Archive Content with Archived Post Status

by Joshua David Nelson

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

Post Status Notifications Archive Content with Archived Post Status

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	Post Status Notifications	Archive Content with Archived Post Status
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	5K–6K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 45	B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	8/100	86/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	68/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.72★	4.62★ ✓
Reviews	10	36 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	57/100	95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.0y ago	6mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	167	1.4K ✓
Category	Email & Marketing	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Post Status Notifications Archive Content with Archived Post Status

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.