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aThemes Starter Sites vs Demo Importer Plus

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

Demo Importer Plus and aThemes Starter Sites are close on health (B · 83 vs B · 80). Demo Importer Plus has the stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

aThemes Starter Sites moved down one install band, 40K+ to 30K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric aThemes Starter Sites Demo Importer Plus
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 30K–40K ✓ 10K–20K
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. 40K+ → 30K+ Stable ✓
Overall health B · 80 B · 83 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 100/100 100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 65/100 74/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 3.6★ 4.0★ ✓
Reviews 2 ✓ 1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 88/100 ✓ 83/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Low Low
Last updated 3mo ago 2mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d 8K ✓ 2.7K
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. -6% -25%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 1.4% 2.8% ✓
Category Page Builders Content & Feeds

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

Release activity

aThemes Starter SitesDemo Importer Plus

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.