Avatar Manager vs Simple Local Avatars

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

Health D51

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Avatar Manager moved down one install band, 6K+ to 5K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

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 (weighted for review count)	4.6★ ✓	4.5★
Reviews	39	89 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	49/100	83/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	5.8y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	509	24.4K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	4.3% ✓	3.9%
Category	Login & Users	Login & Users

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

Release activity

Avatar ManagerSimple 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.