Debug Bar Shortcodes vs Black Bar

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

Debug Bar Shortcodes

by Juliette Reinders Folmer

Health D46

Black Bar

by Gemini Labs

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

Debug Bar Shortcodes Black Bar

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	Debug Bar Shortcodes	Black Bar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	500–600 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-40%	-29% ✓
Overall health	D · 46	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	98/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	85/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.12★	4.37★ ✓
Reviews	3	9 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	10.3y ago	4mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	77	534 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Debug Bar Shortcodes Black Bar

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.