Chartbeat vs Head, Footer and Post Injections

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

Chartbeat

by Chartbeat

Health D42

Head, Footer and Post Injections

by Stefano Lissa

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Chartbeat Head, Footer and Post Injections

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	Chartbeat	Head, Footer and Post Injections
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	900–1K	200K–300K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-10% ✓	-33%
Overall health	D · 42	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	91/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	67/100	98/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.70★	4.92★ ✓
Reviews	2	735 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	84/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	6.2y ago	5mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	177	16.8K ✓
Category	Analytics	Analytics

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

Release activity

Chartbeat Head, Footer and Post Injections

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.