Avatar Manager vs Simple Local Avatars

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

Avatar Manager

by Cătălin Dogaru

Health D51

Simple Local Avatars

by 10up

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Avatar Manager Simple Local Avatars

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	Avatar Manager	Simple Local Avatars
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	5K–6K	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-17%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 51	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	92/100 ✓	88/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.64★ ✓	4.48★
Reviews	39	89 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	51/100	93/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	5.6y ago	10d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	280	18.2K ✓
Category	Login & Users	Login & Users

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

Release activity

Avatar Manager Simple Local Avatars

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.