Affiliate Link Marker vs Title and Nofollow For Links (Classic Editor)

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

Affiliate Link Marker

by Johannes Kinast

Health A86

Title and Nofollow For Links (Classic Editor)

by WPKube

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

Affiliate Link Marker Title and Nofollow For Links (Classic Editor)

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	Affiliate Link Marker	Title and Nofollow For Links (Classic Editor)
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-33%
Overall health	A · 86	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.27★	4.31★ ✓
Reviews	6	23 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	112	9.2K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	SEO

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

Release activity

Affiliate Link Marker Title and Nofollow For Links (Classic Editor)

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.