Animate Blocks vs DesignSetGo

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

Animate Blocks

by liip

Health D45

DesignSetGo

by Justin Nealey

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

Animate Blocks DesignSetGo

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	Animate Blocks	DesignSetGo
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	6K–7K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	+59900% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	76/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★	4.06★
Reviews	2	2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.4y ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	74	72.9K ✓
Category	Blocks	Blocks

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

Release activity

Animate Blocks DesignSetGo

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.