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qTranslate-X & Yoast SEO vs Yoast Test Helper

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

Yoast Test Helper is the safest pick: health A · 88 against 45 for qTranslate-X & Yoast SEO, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

qTranslate-X & Yoast SEO moved down one install band, 300+ to 200+; Yoast Test Helper moved down one install band, 60K+ to 50K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	qTranslate-X & Yoast SEO	Yoast Test Helper
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	50K–60K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-33%	60K+ → 50K+ ✓
Overall health	D · 45	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.4★ ✓
Reviews	1	12 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	33/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	10.8y ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	99	19K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+6%	+10%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.3%	5.4% ✓
Category	SEO	SEO

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

Release activity

qTranslate-X & Yoast SEOYoast Test Helper

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.