Download External Images In Posts vs Newpost Catch

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

Newpost Catch is the safest pick: health B · 84 against 46 for Download External Images In Posts, led by lower removal risk.

Download External Images In Posts

by Alexandru Vornicescu

Health D46

Newpost Catch

by Tetsuya Imamura

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

Download External Images In Posts moved down one install band, 200+ to 100+; Newpost Catch moved down one install band, 10K+ to 9K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Download External Images In Posts	Newpost Catch
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	9K–10K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-50%	-10% ✓
Overall health	D · 46	B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	79/100 ✓	76/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★ ✓	4.1★
Reviews	9 ✓	2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.9y ago	9d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	103	3.6K ✓
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.	-10%	-13%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.2%	3.0% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Download External Images In PostsNewpost Catch

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.