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Automatic Update Google Business Profile Reviews vs Smart Showcase for Google Reviews

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

Smart Showcase for Google Reviews is the safest pick: health B · 83 against 61 for Automatic Update Google Business Profile Reviews, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

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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	Automatic Update Google Business Profile Reviews	Smart Showcase for Google Reviews
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	100–200 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	+67% ✓
Overall health	C · 61	B · 83 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	45/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.0★
Reviews	1	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	69/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.4y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	78	208 ✓
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.	+25%	+25%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.7%	4.1% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

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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.