Cursor Style & Animation vs Smooth Custom Cursor

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

Cursor Style & Animation

by RoarDev

Health A85

Smooth Custom Cursor

by hsarticle

Health B80

Active-install trajectory

Cursor Style & Animation Smooth Custom Cursor

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	Cursor Style & Animation	Smooth Custom Cursor
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60–70	300–400 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+500%	+1400% ✓
Overall health	A · 85 ✓	B · 80
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100 ✓	65/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.12★ ✓	3.60★
Reviews	3 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	91/100 ✓	90/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	10d ago ✓	2mo ago
Downloads · 30d	183	313 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Cursor Style & Animation Smooth Custom Cursor

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.