Rapid Car Check vs UK Vehicle Data

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

Rapid Car Check is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Rapid Car Check

by Rapid Car Check

Health B80

UK Vehicle Data

by aidansheriff

Health D41

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	Rapid Car Check	UK Vehicle Data
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300 ✓	10–20
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	Stable
Overall health	B · 80 ✓	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	91/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	—
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★ ✓	—
Reviews	5 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100 ✓	35/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	5mo ago ✓	8.6y ago
Downloads, last 30d	376 ✓	32
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+14%	+30%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.0% ✓	0.6%
Category	Search	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Rapid Car CheckUK Vehicle Data

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.