AI Provider for OpenRouter vs AI Provider for Anthropic

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

AI Provider for OpenRouter is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

AI Provider for OpenRouter

by Jonathan Bossenger

Health B76

AI Provider for Anthropic

by WordPress.org

Health B80

Active-install trajectory

AI Provider for OpenRouterAI Provider for Anthropic

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	AI Provider for OpenRouter	AI Provider for Anthropic
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	70K–80K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+3900%	+9900% ✓
Overall health	B · 76 ✓	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	81/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	—
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★ ✓	—
Reviews	1 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	84/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	8mo ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	1K	49.2K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	-19%	+31%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	8.4%	27% ✓
Category	AI	AI

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

Release activity

AI Provider for OpenRouterAI Provider for Anthropic

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.