Disable WP Plugin Updates Advance vs Hide Updates

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

Disable WP Plugin Updates Advance

by gr8nilay

Health D50

Hide Updates

by Upperdog

Health D52

Active-install trajectory

Disable WP Plugin Updates Advance Hide Updates

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	Disable WP Plugin Updates Advance	Hide Updates
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	5K–6K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-17%
Overall health	D · 50	D · 52 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	15/100	17/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	80/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★	4.17★ ✓
Reviews	2	4 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	59/100	62/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	2.6y ago	2.5y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	83	426 ✓
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.