Daring Fireball-style Linked List Plugin vs Subscribe Button by AddToAny

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

Daring Fireball-style Linked List Plugin

by yjsoon

Health D41

Subscribe Button by AddToAny

by micropat

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

Daring Fireball-style Linked List Plugin Subscribe Button by AddToAny

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	Daring Fireball-style Linked List Plugin	Subscribe Button by AddToAny
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	900–1K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	-10% ✓
Overall health	D · 41	D · 45 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.06★ ✓
Reviews	0	2 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	33/100	38/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	15.2y ago	8.8y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	183	204 ✓
Category	Content & Feeds	Content & Feeds

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

Release activity

Daring Fireball-style Linked List Plugin Subscribe Button by AddToAny

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.