Form Abandonment Tracking for Google Analytics GA4 vs WP Global Site Tag

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

Form Abandonment Tracking for Google Analytics GA4

by 5 Star Plugins (Rob)

Health C62

WP Global Site Tag

by digitalapps

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

Form Abandonment Tracking for Google Analytics GA4 WP Global Site Tag

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	Form Abandonment Tracking for Google Analytics GA4	WP Global Site Tag
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	7K–8K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	-13% ✓
Overall health	C · 62	B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	46/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.06★ ✓
Reviews	1	2 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	75/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.4y ago	4d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	108	7.7K ✓
Category	Analytics	Privacy & Consent

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

Release activity

Form Abandonment Tracking for Google Analytics GA4 WP Global Site Tag

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.