Canonical Link vs Canonical SEO

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

Canonical Link

by Web Guy

Health B83

Canonical SEO

by Toma

Health C56

Active-install trajectory

Canonical Link Canonical SEO

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	Canonical Link	Canonical SEO
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K	8K–9K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	+700% ✓
Overall health	B · 83 ✓	C · 56
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	98/100 ✓	39/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	65/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★ ✓	3.60★
Reviews	1 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	69/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	1.5y ago
Downloads · 30d	349 ✓	250
Category	SEO	SEO

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

Release activity

Canonical Link Canonical SEO

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.