Extensions, Themes and Core Update Manager vs Advanced Automatic Updates

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

Extensions, Themes and Core Update Manager

by Chetan Vaghela

Health B80

Advanced Automatic Updates

by Gary Pendergast

Health D50

Active-install trajectory

Not enough install history yet to chart a trajectory for both plugins. It builds as we snapshot daily.

Metric	Extensions, Themes and Core Update Manager	Advanced Automatic Updates
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	0–0	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	-33% ✓
Overall health	B · 80 ✓	D · 50
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.56★ ✓
Reviews	0	61 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	86/100 ✓	48/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	2mo ago ✓	5.2y ago
Downloads · 30d	72	417 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Extensions, Themes and Core Update Manager Advanced Automatic Updates

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.