Alkane Code vs APH Prism Syntax Highlighter

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

Alkane Code

by alkanesolutions

Health D41

APH Prism Syntax Highlighter

by Agus Prawoto Hadi

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

Alkane Code APH Prism Syntax Highlighter

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	Alkane Code	APH Prism Syntax Highlighter
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	90–100 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-10%
Overall health	D · 41	D · 45 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	5/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	72/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	3.88★ ✓
Reviews	0	7 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	47/100	49/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	4.1y ago	3.6y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	166 ✓	93
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Alkane Code APH Prism Syntax Highlighter

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.