Image Placeholders vs Autoptimize

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

Image Placeholders

by WordPress Performance Team

Health B82

Autoptimize

by Optimizing Matters

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

Image Placeholders Autoptimize

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	Image Placeholders	Autoptimize
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60K–70K	800K–900K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-14%	-11% ✓
Overall health	B · 82	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.84★	4.72★ ✓
Reviews	2	1,428 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	85/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	today ✓	6d ago
Downloads · 30d	10.0K	87.9K ✓
Category	Performance	Performance

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

Release activity

Image Placeholders Autoptimize

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.