Codegear Starter vs aThemes Starter Sites

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

Codegear Starter

by codegearthemes

Health C57

aThemes Starter Sites

by Syed Balkhi

Health B80

Active-install trajectory

Codegear StarteraThemes Starter Sites

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	Codegear Starter	aThemes Starter Sites
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	30K–40K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-38%	-25% ✓
Overall health	—	B · 80 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	41/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	65/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	3.6★ ✓
Reviews	0	2 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	62/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.5y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	211	8K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.5%	1.4% ✓
Category	Content & Feeds	Page Builders

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

Release activity

Codegear StarteraThemes Starter Sites

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.