Bring Back the Get Shortlink Button vs short.io

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

Bring Back the Get Shortlink Button

by Thorsten Frommen

Health D49

short.io

by gugu

Health C69

Active-install trajectory

Bring Back the Get Shortlink Button short.io

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	Bring Back the Get Shortlink Button	short.io
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K ✓	200–300
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 49	C · 69 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	5/100	65/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100 ✓	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.31★ ✓	3.98★
Reviews	7 ✓	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	48/100	68/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.5y ago	12mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	148 ✓	118
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Bring Back the Get Shortlink Button short.io

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.