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Author rel=me Link vs Link Verification for Mastodon

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

Link Verification for Mastodon is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

Link Verification for Mastodon moved down one install band, 500+ to 400+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Author rel=me Link	Link Verification for Mastodon
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	—	400–500 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	—	500+ → 400+ ✓
Overall health	—	D · 54 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	13/100	21/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	80/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.2★ ✓
Reviews	0	4 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	49/100	55/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	2.7y ago	2.3y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	30	135 ✓
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.	-56%	+5%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	—	4.9% ✓
Category	Social	Social

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

Release activity

Author rel=me LinkLink Verification for Mastodon

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.