Advanced Automatic Updates vs Site Update Notification

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

Advanced Automatic Updates

by Gary Pendergast

Health D50

Site Update Notification

by Rakib Hossain

Health C55

Active-install trajectory

Advanced Automatic Updates Site Update Notification

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	Advanced Automatic Updates	Site Update Notification
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20K–30K ✓	60–70
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	+25% ✓
Overall health	D · 50	C · 55 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	36/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	90/100 ✓	65/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.56★ ✓	3.60★
Reviews	61 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	48/100	72/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	5.2y ago	1.6y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	419 ✓	56
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Advanced Automatic Updates Site Update Notification

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.