Audio Player Widget vs mb.miniAudioPlayer

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

Audio Player Widget

by Corey Snow

Health D43

mb.miniAudioPlayer

by pupunzi

Health D49

Active-install trajectory

Audio Player Widget mb.miniAudioPlayer

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	Audio Player Widget	mb.miniAudioPlayer
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	3K–4K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	-25% ✓
Overall health	D · 43	D · 49 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	69/100	86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.77★	4.39★ ✓
Reviews	2	57 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	34/100	50/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	15.5y ago	4.8y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	71	233 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Audio Player Widget mb.miniAudioPlayer

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.