Aurora Heatmap vs UserHeat Plugin

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

Aurora Heatmap

by r3098

Health C64

UserHeat Plugin

by hayata

Health D51

Active-install trajectory

Aurora Heatmap UserHeat Plugin

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	Aurora Heatmap	UserHeat Plugin
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20K–30K ✓	5K–6K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-17%
Overall health	C · 64 ✓	D · 51
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	46/100 ✓	18/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	80/100 ✓	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.20★ ✓	3.98★
Reviews	7 ✓	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	77/100 ✓	49/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	1.4y ago ✓	2.4y ago
Downloads · 30d	785 ✓	290
Category	Analytics	Analytics

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

Release activity

Aurora Heatmap UserHeat Plugin

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.