commonWP vs Shift8 CDN

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

commonWP

by Milan Dinić

Health D49

Shift8 CDN

by shift8

Health B77

Active-install trajectory

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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	commonWP	Shift8 CDN
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	500–600 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-40%	-38% ✓
Overall health	D · 49	B · 77 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	76/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	86/100 ✓	83/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.4★ ✓	4.3★
Reviews	18	40 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	44/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.7y ago	9mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	117	318 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.5% ✓	0.7%
Category	Performance	Performance

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

Release activity

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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.