A Year Before vs Bulk Datetime Change

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

A Year Before

by Ralf

Health D45

Bulk Datetime Change

by Katsushi Kawamori

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

A Year BeforeBulk Datetime Change

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	A Year Before	Bulk Datetime Change
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	6K–7K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-40%	-14% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	5	8 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	39/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.5y ago	16d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	78	3.5K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.2%	9.5% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Media

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

Release activity

A Year BeforeBulk Datetime Change

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.