Friends vs Hubbub Lite

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

Friends

by Alex Kirk

Health A87

Hubbub Lite

by NerdPress

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

Friends Hubbub Lite

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	Friends	Hubbub Lite
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	900–1K	30K–40K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-10%	0% ✓
Overall health	A · 87	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.31★	4.67★ ✓
Reviews	7	173 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	77/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	680	7.6K ✓
Category	Content & Feeds	Social

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

Release activity

Friends Hubbub Lite

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.