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About the Author Advanced vs Starbox

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

Active-install trajectory

About the Author Advanced moved down one install band, 50+ to 40+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric About the Author Advanced Starbox
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 40–50 10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window. -20% 0% ✓
Overall health D · 45 C · 64 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 3/100 41/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 74/100 87/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 4.0★ 4.5★ ✓
Reviews 1 203 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 36/100 66/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. High Low ✓
Last updated 14.1y ago 1.5y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d 75 1.3K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 0.3% 1.9% ✓
Category Admin & Utilities Login & Users

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

Release activity

About the Author AdvancedStarbox

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.