Subscribe Button by AddToAny vs Podlove Subscribe button

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

Subscribe Button by AddToAny

by micropat

Health D45

Podlove Subscribe button

by Alexander Lueken

Health B71

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	Subscribe Button by AddToAny	Podlove Subscribe button
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	900–1K	2K–3K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-10%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	B · 71 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	68/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	76/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★	4.06★
Reviews	2	2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	69/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.8y ago	11mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	197	365 ✓
Category	Content & Feeds	Content & Feeds

✓ 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.