Flush Permalinks Button vs Nginx Helper

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

Flush Permalinks Button

by Ashar Irfan

Health D45

Nginx Helper

by rtCamp

Health B70

Active-install trajectory

Flush Permalinks Button Nginx Helper

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	Flush Permalinks Button	Nginx Helper
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	200K–300K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	+100% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	B · 70 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	12/100	61/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	81/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.23★ ✓
Reviews	0	31 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	53/100	74/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.8y ago	1.0y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	47	18.4K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Performance

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

Release activity

Flush Permalinks Button Nginx Helper

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.