Coin Miner vs SpareChange

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

Coin Miner

by zlager

Health D44

SpareChange

by sparechange

Health D43

Active-install trajectory

Coin Miner SpareChange

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	Coin Miner	SpareChange
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	10–20 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 44 ✓	D · 43
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100 ✓	68/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.85★ ✓	3.74★
Reviews	3	4 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	44/100 ✓	39/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated ✓	High
Last updated	8.4y ago ✓	8.7y ago
Downloads · 30d	31	57 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Coin Miner SpareChange

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.