Debug Bar Cron vs WP Crontrol

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

Health D46

Health B81

Active-install trajectory

Debug Bar Cron moved down one install band, 500+ to 400+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Debug Bar Cron	WP Crontrol
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	300K–400K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 46	B · 81 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	44/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.4★ ✓
Reviews	3	167 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	87/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	12.9y ago	18d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	465	414.1K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.3%	3.3% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	eCommerce

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

Release activity

Debug Bar CronWP Crontrol

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.