Article Forge vs Influenet

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

Article Forge

by borgboy

Health D45

Influenet

by Influenet

Health D41

Active-install trajectory

Article ForgeInfluenet

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	Article Forge	Influenet
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60–70 ✓	10–20
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-14%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45 ✓	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100 ✓	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	—
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★ ✓	—
Reviews	2 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	38/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	13.3y ago	6.8y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	76 ✓	31
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.7% ✓	0.7%
Category	Uncategorized	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

Article ForgeInfluenet

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.