Alpaca Issue Tracker vs FluentBoards

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

Alpaca Issue Tracker

by Rareview®

Health A85

FluentBoards

by Mahmudul Hasan Arif

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Alpaca Issue TrackerFluentBoards

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	Alpaca Issue Tracker	FluentBoards
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	6K–7K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+900% ✓	0%
Overall health	A · 85	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	3	25 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	20d ago	5d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	563	12.5K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.7%	4.1% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Alpaca Issue TrackerFluentBoards

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.