Easy Critical CSS vs AMP

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

Easy Critical CSS

by Easy Critical CSS

Health B81

AMP

by Weston Ruter

Health C57

Active-install trajectory

Easy Critical CSSAMP

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	Easy Critical CSS	AMP
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80–90	300K–400K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+250% ✓	-25%
Overall health	B · 81 ✓	C · 57
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	38/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	67/100	70/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.7★	3.8★ ✓
Reviews	1	367 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	78/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	23d ago ✓	1.6y ago
Downloads · 30d	337	52.1K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.4% ✓	1.8%
Category	Performance	Performance

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

Release activity

Easy Critical CSSAMP

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.