Child Themes vs Child Themify

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

Child Themes

by Chris Taylor

Health D42

Child Themify

by J B

Health D46

Active-install trajectory

Child ThemesChild Themify

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	Child Themes	Child Themify
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60–70	6K–7K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	-14% ✓
Overall health	D · 42	D · 46 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	67/100	79/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.7★	4.1★ ✓
Reviews	2	42 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	41/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	9.0y ago	8.8y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	86	461 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.8%	2.4% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Child ThemesChild Themify

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.