Dynamic Front-End Heartbeat Control vs Heartbeat Control

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

Dynamic Front-End Heartbeat Control

by Codeloghin

Health B83

Heartbeat Control

by WP Media

Health D48

Active-install trajectory

Dynamic Front-End Heartbeat Control Heartbeat Control

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	Dynamic Front-End Heartbeat Control	Heartbeat Control
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	80K–90K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+25% ✓	-11%
Overall health	B · 83 ✓	D · 48
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	89/100 ✓	8/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	84/100 ✓	79/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.33★ ✓	4.15★
Reviews	12	68 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	78/100 ✓	62/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	6mo ago ✓	3.0y ago
Downloads · 30d	357	3.8K ✓
Category	Performance	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Dynamic Front-End Heartbeat Control Heartbeat Control

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.