Dave’s Whizmatronic Widgulating Calibrational Scri vs Pretty Simple Progress meter

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

Dave’s Whizmatronic Widgulating Calibrational Scri

by davidanaxagoras

Health D45

Pretty Simple Progress meter

by micklauer

Health D44

Active-install trajectory

Dave’s Whizmatronic Widgulating Calibrational Scri Pretty Simple Progress meter

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	Dave’s Whizmatronic Widgulating Calibrational Scri	Pretty Simple Progress meter
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30 ✓	10–20
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33% ✓	-50%
Overall health	D · 45 ✓	D · 44
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100 ✓	72/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.05★ ✓	3.91★
Reviews	3 ✓	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	36/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	15.8y ago	15.8y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	34	58 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Dave’s Whizmatronic Widgulating Calibrational Scri Pretty Simple Progress meter

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.