Game Review Block vs YASR

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

Game Review Block is the safest pick: health B · 80 against 65 for YASR, led by stronger maintenance.

Game Review Block

by Marc Tönsing

Health B80

YASR

by Dash Labs

Health C65

Active-install trajectory

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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	Game Review Block	YASR
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	10K–20K ✓
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 ✓	C · 65
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	89/100 ✓	38/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	3	323 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100 ✓	77/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	6mo ago ✓	1.6y ago
Downloads, last 30d	185	1.9K ✓
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.	+21%	+48%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.1% ✓	0.5%
Category	Blocks	Blocks

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

Release activity

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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.