Admin Bar Plugin Switcher vs Easy Update Notifier

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

Admin Bar Plugin Switcher

by Milan Dinić

Health D45

Easy Update Notifier

by bldwebdevs

Health C57

Active-install trajectory

Admin Bar Plugin Switcher Easy Update Notifier

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	Admin Bar Plugin Switcher	Easy Update Notifier
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	60–70 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 45	C · 57 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	34/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100 ✓	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★ ✓	3.98★
Reviews	2 ✓	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	69/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.5y ago	1.7y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	30	52 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

Admin Bar Plugin Switcher Easy Update Notifier

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.