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Bonkers Addons vs Desert Companion

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

Desert Companion is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

Bonkers Addons moved down one install band, 60+ to 50+; Desert Companion moved down one install band, 20K+ to 10K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric Bonkers Addons Desert Companion
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 50–60 10K–20K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. -17% ✓ 20K+ → 10K+
Overall health — B · 82 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 3/100 100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. — 71/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. — 70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count) — 3.9★ ✓
Reviews 0 3 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 37/100 89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Elevated Low ✓
Last updated 5.3y ago 1mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d 81 11.3K ✓
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. +44% -24%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 0.8% 1.8% ✓
Category Uncategorized Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Bonkers AddonsDesert 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.