EasyWeather widget vs Wettervorhersage

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

Wettervorhersage is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

EasyWeather widget

by myselfko

Health D41

Wettervorhersage

by wettervorhersage

Health D51

Active-install trajectory

EasyWeather widget moved down one install band, 20+ to 10+; Wettervorhersage moved down one install band, 2K+ to 1K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	EasyWeather widget	Wettervorhersage
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	1K–2K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-50%	-50%
Overall health	—	D · 51 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	13/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	80/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.2★ ✓
Reviews	0	4 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	53/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	13.9y ago	2.7y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	36	325 ✓
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.	+32%	+16%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.3%	5.8% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

EasyWeather widgetWettervorhersage

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.