Block Accessibility Checks vs Spectra Legacy

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

Block Accessibility Checks

by Troy Chaplin

Health B83

Spectra Legacy

by Brainstorm Force

Health A92

Active-install trajectory

Block Accessibility ChecksSpectra Legacy

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	Block Accessibility Checks	Spectra Legacy
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	90–100	1M–2M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+800% ✓	0%
Overall health	B · 83	A · 92 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	79/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	1	1,872 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	yesterday ✓
Downloads · 30d	2.9K	585.8K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.7%	2.2% ✓
Category	Blocks	Blocks

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

Release activity

Block Accessibility ChecksSpectra Legacy

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.