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Alt Text Updater vs SEO Media Manager

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

SEO Media Manager is the safest pick: health A · 88 against 74 for Alt Text Updater, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

Alt Text Updater moved up one install band, 100+ to 200+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric Alt Text Updater SEO Media Manager
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 200–300 5K–6K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. 100+ → 200+ ✓ Stable
Overall health B · 74 A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 73/100 100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 78/100 87/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 4.1★ 4.4★ ✓
Reviews 3 18 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 81/100 94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Low Low
Last updated 10mo ago 1mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d 200 1.1K ✓
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. +11% -41%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 8.9% ✓ 7.7%
Category Media Media

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

Release activity

Alt Text UpdaterSEO Media Manager

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.