Canonical SEO vs Canonical Link

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

Canonical SEO

by Toma

Health C56

Canonical Link

by Web Guy

Health B83

Active-install trajectory

Canonical SEO Canonical Link

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

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

Release activity

Canonical SEO Canonical Link

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.