Document Gallery vs PDF Embedder

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

Document Gallery

by Dan Rossiter

Health A90

PDF Embedder

by Syed Balkhi

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

Document Gallery PDF Embedder

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	Document Gallery	PDF Embedder
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	8K–9K	300K–400K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-11%	0% ✓
Overall health	A · 90	A · 90
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	93/100	93/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.67★	4.70★ ✓
Reviews	112	518 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	83/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	15d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	1.8K	167.5K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Blocks

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

Release activity

Document Gallery PDF Embedder

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.