Ajax Widget Area vs Widget Importer & Exporter

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

Ajax Widget Area

by ChrisHilditch

Health D41

Widget Importer & Exporter

by Steven Gliebe

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Ajax Widget AreaWidget Importer & Exporter

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	Ajax Widget Area	Widget Importer & Exporter
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	200K–300K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+33% ✓	0%
Overall health	—	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	0	117 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	32/100	83/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	14.6y ago	21d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	74	110.4K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.8%	3.7% ✓
Category	Performance	Backup

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

Release activity

Ajax Widget AreaWidget Importer & Exporter

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.