AnyFeed Retriever vs RSS Feed Retriever

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

RSS Feed Retriever is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

AnyFeed Retriever

by Anushka

Health D41

RSS Feed Retriever

by Travis

Health D50

Active-install trajectory

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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	AnyFeed Retriever	RSS Feed Retriever
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	6K–7K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	-25%
Overall health	—	D · 50 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	4/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	89/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	0	38 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	54/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	7.7y ago	3.8y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	40	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.	-37%	+20%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.5%	3.0% ✓
Category	Content & Feeds	Content & Feeds

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

Release activity

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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.