Basic SEO Pack vs Meta Tag Manager

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

Basic SEO Pack

by auastyle

Health D46

Meta Tag Manager

by Marcus (aka @msykes)

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

Basic SEO Pack Meta Tag Manager

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	Basic SEO Pack	Meta Tag Manager
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	600–700	70K–80K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	-13% ✓
Overall health	D · 46	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	99/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.12★	4.66★ ✓
Reviews	3	84 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	83/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.8y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	83	3.9K ✓
Category	SEO	SEO

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

Release activity

Basic SEO Pack Meta Tag Manager

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.