Dig Bloginfo Shortcode vs Blog-in-Blog

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

Blog-in-Blog is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Dig Bloginfo Shortcode

by Arroba Digital

Health D41

Blog-in-Blog

by timhodson

Health B78

Active-install trajectory

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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	Dig Bloginfo Shortcode	Blog-in-Blog
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	800–900 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-33%	900+ → 800+ ✓
Overall health	—	B · 78 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	73/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	89/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	0	16 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	81/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	9.0y ago	9mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	112	289 ✓
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.	+23%	+41%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	7.7% ✓	0.7%
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

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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.