Antimanual vs AI Bud

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

AI Bud and Antimanual are close on health (A · 87 vs B · 84). AI Bud has the stronger rating quality.

Antimanual

by Spider Themes

Health B84

AI Bud

by WebFactory

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

AntimanualAI Bud

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	Antimanual	AI Bud
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	2K–3K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+1900% ✓	3K+ → 2K+
Overall health	B · 84	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	4	23 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	28d ago ✓	3mo ago
Downloads, last 30d	1.3K	1.3K ✓
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.	-27%	-4%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.2%	1.4% ✓
Category	AI	AI

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

Release activity

AntimanualAI Bud

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.