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Flash Demo Import vs Sparkle Demo Importer

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

Sparkle Demo Importer is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

Flash Demo Import moved down one install band, 30+ to 20+; Sparkle Demo Importer moved down one install band, 6K+ to 5K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric Flash Demo Import Sparkle Demo Importer
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 20–30 5K–6K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. -33% 6K+ → 5K+ ✓
Overall health — D · 51 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 3/100 18/100 ✓
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 0 1 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 39/100 52/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. High Elevated ✓
Last updated 6.0y ago 2.4y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d 48 704 ✓
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. -27% +24%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 0.5% 2.1% ✓
Category Content & Feeds Content & Feeds

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

Release activity

Flash Demo ImportSparkle Demo Importer

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.