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Cloudimage vs Smush

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

Active-install trajectory

Cloudimage moved down one install band, 300+ to 200+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric Cloudimage Smush
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 200–300 1M–2M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window. -33% 0% ✓
Overall health B · 74 A · 97 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 73/100 100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 77/100 96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 92/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count) 4.1★ 4.8★ ✓
Reviews 8 6,053 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 80/100 97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Low Low
Last updated 10mo ago 2d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d 321 996.6K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 0.4% 1.4% ✓
Category SEO Performance

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

Release activity

CloudimageSmush

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.