Awesome Watermark vs Easy Watermark

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

Health D43

Health C65

Active-install trajectory

Easy Watermark moved down one install band, 40K+ to 30K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Awesome Watermark	Easy Watermark
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	30K–40K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-25%
Overall health	D · 43	C · 65 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	58/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	68/100	68/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.75★	3.75★ ✓
Reviews	5	159 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	84/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	11.2y ago	1.1y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	82	1.3K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.4%	4.4% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Media

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

Release activity

Awesome WatermarkEasy Watermark

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.