Bestseller Lists from the New York Times vs BNC BiblioShare

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

Bestseller Lists from the New York Times

by jakeparis

Health B80

BNC BiblioShare

by John Miedema

Health D41

Active-install trajectory

Bestseller Lists from the New York Times BNC BiblioShare

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	Bestseller Lists from the New York Times	BNC BiblioShare
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	20–30 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 80 ✓	D · 41
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	99/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	65/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	3.60★
Reviews	0	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	36/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	7.4y ago
Downloads · 30d	50	142 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Bestseller Lists from the New York Times BNC BiblioShare

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.