Excalibur Paywall vs Steady for WordPress

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

Health D45

Health D50

Active-install trajectory

Steady for WordPress moved up one install band, 600+ to 700+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Excalibur Paywall	Steady for WordPress
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	—	700–800 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	+17% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	D · 50 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	27/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100 ✓	62/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★ ✓	3.49★
Reviews	2	10 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	40/100	69/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.3y ago	1.9y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	63	207 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	—	4.3% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Excalibur PaywallSteady for WordPress

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.