Five-Star Ratings Shortcode vs Stars Rating

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

Five-Star Ratings Shortcode

by Chris J. Zähller

Health B83

Stars Rating

by Fahid Javid

Health B80

Active-install trajectory

Five-Star Ratings ShortcodeStars Rating

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	Five-Star Ratings Shortcode	Stars Rating
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-29%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 83 ✓	B · 80
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	81/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	87/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	5	23 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100 ✓	77/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	27d ago ✓	8mo ago
Downloads · 30d	913 ✓	534
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.8%	2.7% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Five-Star Ratings ShortcodeStars Rating

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.