Attribution Query String Manager vs Head, Footer and Post Injections

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

Health D41

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

Head, Footer and Post Injections moved down one install band, 300K+ to 200K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Attribution Query String Manager	Head, Footer and Post Injections
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	200K–300K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-33%
Overall health	—	A · 85 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	82/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	98/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.9★ ✓
Reviews	0	735 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	80/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	12.4y ago	7mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	38	19.1K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.4%	3.4% ✓
Category	Analytics	Analytics

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

Release activity

Attribution Query String ManagerHead, Footer and Post Injections

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.