Better Blockquotes vs Advanced Editor Tools

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

Better Blockquotes

by Devin Price

Health D45

Advanced Editor Tools

by Andrew Ozz

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Better BlockquotesAdvanced Editor Tools

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	Better Blockquotes	Advanced Editor Tools
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	1M–2M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	-50%
Overall health	D · 45	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	89/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	2	354 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	29/100	83/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	10.6y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	242	230.1K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.8% ✓	2.7%
Category	Uncategorized	Blocks

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

Release activity

Better BlockquotesAdvanced Editor Tools

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.