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Calucon Third-Party Embed Gate vs Cookie Compliance for WordPress

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

Cookie Compliance for WordPress is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

Cookie Compliance for WordPress moved down one install band, 900K+ to 800K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Calucon Third-Party Embed Gate	Cookie Compliance for WordPress
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	800K–900K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	900K+ → 800K+
Overall health	—	B · 78 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	18/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	0	3,027 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	84/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	7d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	109	1.1M ✓
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.	+13%	+3%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.7%	1.8% ✓
Category	Privacy & Consent	Privacy & Consent

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

Release activity

Calucon Third-Party Embed GateCookie Compliance for WordPress

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.