Calucon Third-Party Embed Gate vs Cookie Compliance for WordPress

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

Health B80

Health A91

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.	—	800K–900K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	-11% ✓
Overall health	—	A · 91 ✓
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.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	—	4.81★ ✓
Reviews	0	3,025 ✓
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	10d ago	yesterday ✓
Downloads · 30d	311	1.2M ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	—	1.9% ✓
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.