Equal Height Columns vs Measuring Ruler

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

Equal Height Columns

by MIGHTYminnow

Health A86

Measuring Ruler

by ankilov1954

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

Equal Height Columns Measuring Ruler

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	Equal Height Columns	Measuring Ruler
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K ✓	40–50
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-20%
Overall health	A · 86 ✓	D · 45
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	89/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	93/100 ✓	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.69★ ✓	3.98★
Reviews	41 ✓	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	97/100 ✓	43/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	6mo ago ✓	5.5y ago
Downloads · 30d	468 ✓	54
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Equal Height Columns Measuring Ruler

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.