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Download Monitor vs Download Manager

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

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

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

Release activity

Download MonitorDownload Manager

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.