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Review Count & Star Rating vs Embedder for Google Reviews

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

Embedder for Google Reviews is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

Embedder for Google Reviews moved up one install band, 5K+ to 6K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Review Count & Star Rating	Embedder for Google Reviews
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	—	6K–7K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	—	+20% ✓
Overall health	—	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	0	7 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	28d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	69	5.9K ✓
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.	-33%	+66%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	—	6.8% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Review Count & Star RatingEmbedder for Google Reviews

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.