Animate It! vs jQuery Updater

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

Animate It!

by eleopard

Health B81

jQuery Updater

by Ramoonus

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

Animate It! jQuery Updater

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 It!	jQuery Updater
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20K–30K	20K–30K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 81	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	74/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	96/100 ✓	85/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.80★ ✓	4.38★
Reviews	127 ✓	64
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	93/100 ✓	82/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	9mo ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	1.8K	2.3K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Animate It! jQuery Updater

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.