Force Update Check for Plugins and Themes vs Hide Updates

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

Force Update Check for Plugins and Themes

by WP Zone

Health C55

Hide Updates

by Upperdog

Health D52

Active-install trajectory

Force Update Check for Plugins and Themes Hide Updates

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	Force Update Check for Plugins and Themes	Hide Updates
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	5K–6K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-17%
Overall health	C · 55 ✓	D · 52
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	24/100 ✓	17/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100 ✓	80/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.22★ ✓	4.17★
Reviews	5 ✓	4
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	67/100 ✓	62/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	2.1y ago ✓	2.5y ago
Downloads · 30d	74	449 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Force Update Check for Plugins and Themes Hide Updates

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.