Free Dictionary vs Heroic Glossary

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

Health D41

Health B71

Active-install trajectory

Heroic Glossary moved down one install band, 4K+ to 3K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Free Dictionary	Heroic Glossary
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	3K–4K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-25%
Overall health	—	B · 71 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	71/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	71/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	3.9★ ✓
Reviews	0	10 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	82/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	9.2y ago	10mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	33	815 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.1%	5.4% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Blocks

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

Release activity

Free DictionaryHeroic Glossary

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.