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Arena.IM vs Liveblog

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

Liveblog is the safest pick: health B · 78 against 57 for Arena.IM, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

Arena.IM moved down one install band, 200+ to 100+; Liveblog moved up one install band, 1K+ to 2K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Arena.IM	Liveblog
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.	-50%	+100% ✓
Overall health	C · 57	B · 78 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	35/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	73/100 ✓	58/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.9★ ✓	3.3★
Reviews	10	15 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	67/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.7y ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	178	1.6K ✓
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.	+2%	+80%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.5%	2.0% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Arena.IMLiveblog

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.