Friends Hot vs Link Manager

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

Health D45

Health D48

Active-install trajectory

Link Manager moved down one install band, 30K+ to 20K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Friends Hot	Link Manager
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	—	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	-33% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	D · 48 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	85/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★	4.37★ ✓
Reviews	2	33 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	29/100	51/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	13.4y ago	8.8y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	19	672 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	—	4.7% ✓
Category	Content & Feeds	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Friends HotLink Manager

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.