Blade vs Blade Engine

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

Blade

by Mikael Mattsson

Health D44

Blade Engine

by Lars Jansen

Health D41

Active-install trajectory

Blade Blade Engine

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	Blade	Blade Engine
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300 ✓	10–20
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33% ✓	-50%
Overall health	D · 44 ✓	D · 41
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	73/100 ✓	65/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.94★ ✓	3.60★
Reviews	7 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	37/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	10.8y ago	9.1y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	59 ✓	28
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Blade Blade Engine

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.