Background Changer vs WP Night Mode

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

Background Changer

by Ciprian Turcu

Health D41

WP Night Mode

by markoarula

Health D48

Active-install trajectory

Background Changer WP Night Mode

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	Background Changer	WP Night Mode
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	700–800 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-13%
Overall health	D · 41	D · 48 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.31★ ✓
Reviews	0	23 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	49/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	17.0y ago	5.9y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	45	155 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Background Changer WP Night Mode

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.