Country Flags vs SVG Flags

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

Country Flags

by Bimal Poudel

Health D42

SVG Flags

by David Gwyer

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

Country Flags SVG Flags

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	Country Flags	SVG Flags
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80–90	2K–3K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 42	B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	67/100	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.68★	4.04★ ✓
Reviews	1	6 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.0y ago	21d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	68	1.6K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Country Flags SVG Flags

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.