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Download Manager vs Download Monitor

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

Download Monitor is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 83 for Download Manager, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

Download Manager moved down one install band, 100K+ to 90K+; Download Monitor moved down one install band, 90K+ to 80K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Download Manager	Download Monitor
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	90K–100K ✓	80K–90K
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-10% ✓	90K+ → 80K+
Overall health	B · 83	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	79/100	89/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	62/100	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	1,006 ✓	525
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2d ago ✓	5d ago
Downloads, last 30d	156K	158.2K ✓
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.	-15%	+22%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.8%	1.1% ✓
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

Download ManagerDownload Monitor

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.