Footer Copyright vs Automatic Copyright Year

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

Footer Copyright

by Zafor Iqbal

Health B71

Automatic Copyright Year

by Miina Sikk

Health D46

Active-install trajectory

Footer Copyright Automatic Copyright Year

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	Footer Copyright	Automatic Copyright Year
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600	6K–7K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+67% ✓	-14%
Overall health	B · 71 ✓	D · 46
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	70/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	77/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.09★ ✓
Reviews	1	9 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	82/100 ✓	42/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	10mo ago ✓	7.1y ago
Downloads · 30d	171	208 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Footer Copyright Automatic Copyright Year

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.