FacetWP Manipulator vs MB FacetWP Integration

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

FacetWP Manipulator is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

FacetWP Manipulator

by David Cramer

Health D45

MB FacetWP Integration

by Anh Tran

Health C66

Active-install trajectory

FacetWP Manipulator moved down one install band, 40+ to 30+; MB FacetWP Integration 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	FacetWP Manipulator	MB FacetWP Integration
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	700–800 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-25%	+17% ✓
Overall health	D · 45 ✓	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	65/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	—
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★ ✓	—
Reviews	1 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	75/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	9.8y ago	12mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	62	240 ✓
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.	+36%	-3%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.5%	3.7% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Search

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

Release activity

FacetWP ManipulatorMB FacetWP Integration

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.