Blogroll Widget with RSS Feeds vs Blogroll Links

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

Blogroll Widget with RSS Feeds is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

Blogroll Widget with RSS Feeds moved down one install band, 200+ to 100+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Blogroll Widget with RSS Feeds	Blogroll Links
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	300–400 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	200+ → 100+	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 45 ✓	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	65/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	—
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★ ✓	—
Reviews	1 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	71/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	13.3y ago	11mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	111	201 ✓
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.	+0%	+37%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.2%	0.9% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Blogroll Widget with RSS FeedsBlogroll Links

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.