Blimply vs Blocksy Companion

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

Blocksy Companion is the safest pick: health A · 90 against 45 for Blimply, led by lower removal risk.

Blimply

by Rinat

Health D45

Blocksy Companion

by Creative Themes

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

BlimplyBlocksy Companion

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	Blimply	Blocksy Companion
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	300K–400K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+11% ✓	Stable
Overall health	D · 45	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	2	93 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	13.6y ago	7d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	243	411.8K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+45%	+25%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	24% ✓	1.6%
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

BlimplyBlocksy Companion

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.