Arile Extra vs Desert Companion

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

Arile Extra

by Theme Arile

Health B84

Desert Companion

by Desert Themes

Health B82

Active-install trajectory

Arile Extra Desert Companion

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	Arile Extra	Desert Companion
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 84 ✓	B · 82
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100 ✓	71/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★ ✓	3.85★
Reviews	2	3 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100	89/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1mo ago	11d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	3.7K	10.1K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Arile Extra Desert Companion

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.