Click Counter and Heat Maps (Free) vs GA Google Analytics

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

Click Counter and Heat Maps (Free)

by Code Domination

Health B77

GA Google Analytics

by Jeff Starr

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

Click Counter and Heat Maps (Free)GA Google Analytics

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	Click Counter and Heat Maps (Free)	GA Google Analytics
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	400K–500K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+900% ✓	0%
Overall health	—	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	93/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	0	158 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	5mo ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	236	43.6K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	10% ✓	3.8%
Category	Analytics	Analytics

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

Release activity

Click Counter and Heat Maps (Free)GA Google Analytics

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.