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Ethereal Link Replacer vs Go Live Update Urls

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

Go Live Update Urls and Ethereal Link Replacer are close on health (A · 88 vs A · 86). Go Live Update Urls has the stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

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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	Ethereal Link Replacer	Go Live Update Urls
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	90K–100K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+150% ✓	80K+ → 90K+
Overall health	A · 86	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	80/100	86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★	4.4★ ✓
Reviews	4	59 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2d ago ✓	10d ago
Downloads, last 30d	301	41.5K ✓
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.	—	+104%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	10% ✓	3.7%
Category	Backup	Search

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

Release activity

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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.