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Emoji Emoticons vs Native Emoji

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

Emoji Emoticons and Native Emoji are close on health (D · 45 vs D · 43). Emoji Emoticons has the stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

Emoji Emoticons moved down one install band, 200+ to 100+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Emoji Emoticons	Native Emoji
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	5K–6K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-50%	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 45 ✓	D · 43
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	69/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★ ✓	3.8★
Reviews	1	19 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	28/100	42/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	13.7y ago	8.4y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	80	2K ✓
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.	-26%	+42%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.3%	7.8% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Emoji EmoticonsNative Emoji

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.