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Awesome Color Palettes vs Styleguide

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

Styleguide is the safest pick: health D · 51 against 46 for Awesome Color Palettes, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

Styleguide moved down one install band, 3K+ to 2K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Awesome Color Palettes	Styleguide
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	2K–3K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	3K+ → 2K+
Overall health	D · 46	D · 51 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	12/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	3	7 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	42/100	56/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	5.6y ago	2.8y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	98	395 ✓
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.	+40%	+24%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.1%	2.1% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Developer Tools

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

Release activity

Awesome Color PalettesStyleguide

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.