Bloat Buster vs Disable Everything

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

Bloat Buster

by Alvind

Health D50

Disable Everything

by dessky

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

Bloat Buster Disable Everything

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	Bloat Buster	Disable Everything
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	30K–40K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	+50% ✓
Overall health	D · 50	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	14/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	82/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★	4.27★ ✓
Reviews	2	6 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	56/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.7y ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	57	1.1K ✓
Category	Performance	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Bloat Buster Disable Everything

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.