Advanced Hotjar vs Hotjar

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

Advanced Hotjar

by Jerome

Health D41

Hotjar

by Hotjar

Health D41

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	Advanced Hotjar	Hotjar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	60K–70K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-40%	-14% ✓
Overall health	—	D · 41 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	8/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	58/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	3.3★ ✓
Reviews	0	18 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	43/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	6.5y ago	3.0y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	69	3.4K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.2%	5.4% ✓
Category	Analytics	Uncategorized

✓ 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.