Mastodon Autopost vs XPoster

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

Mastodon Autopost

by Simon Frey

Health D47

XPoster

by Joe Dolson

Health B82

Active-install trajectory

Mastodon Autopost XPoster

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	Mastodon Autopost	XPoster
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	700–800	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 47	B · 82 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	6/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100 ✓	69/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.12★ ✓	3.80★
Reviews	21	68 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	55/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.3y ago	yesterday ✓
Downloads · 30d	154	1.9K ✓
Category	Social	Social

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

Release activity

Mastodon Autopost XPoster

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.