citelayer® vs AuditAE

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

citelayer®

by Saskia Teichmann

Health B80

AuditAE

by aaronkaltman

Health B80

Active-install trajectory

citelayer®AuditAE

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	citelayer®	AuditAE
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50 ✓	10–20
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+300% ✓	-83%
Overall health	—	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	—
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	—
Reviews	0	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	88/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1mo ago	6d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	485	712 ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	-62%	-47%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.1% ✓	0.3%
Category	AI	AI

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

Release activity

citelayer®AuditAE

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.