BlackBox Debug Bar vs Black Bar

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

BlackBox Debug Bar

by Greg Winiarski

Health D48

Black Bar

by Gemini Labs

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

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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	BlackBox Debug Bar	Black Bar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	90–100	500–600 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+13% ✓	-29%
Overall health	D · 48	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	98/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	85/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.29★	4.37★ ✓
Reviews	15 ✓	9
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	33/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	13.5y ago	4mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	76	528 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

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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.