Frontend Gatekeeper vs Cool Coming Soon

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

Frontend Gatekeeper

by Jordan Hlebarov

Health B83

Cool Coming Soon

by Atlas Gondal

Health B78

Active-install trajectory

Frontend GatekeeperCool Coming Soon

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	Frontend Gatekeeper	Cool Coming Soon
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	100–200 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+300% ✓	+150%
Overall health	B · 83 ✓	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	99/100 ✓	95/100
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	1 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	88/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	4mo ago
Downloads · 30d	150	327 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	5.6% ✓	2.0%
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Frontend GatekeeperCool Coming Soon

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.