Dynamic Cloudinary vs Autoptimize

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

Health D42

Health A94

Active-install trajectory

Autoptimize moved down one install band, 900K+ to 800K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Dynamic Cloudinary	Autoptimize
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	—	800K–900K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	-11% ✓
Overall health	—	A · 94 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	5/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	86/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	—	4.72★ ✓
Reviews	0	1,428 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	51/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.5y ago	8d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	58	574.8K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	—	1.8% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Performance

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

Release activity

Dynamic CloudinaryAutoptimize

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.