Good Question vs Spam Master

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

Good Question

by Artem Frolov

Health D47

Spam Master

by TechGasp

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

Good Question Spam Master

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	Good Question	Spam Master
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	90–100	200–300 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-10%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 47	A · 85 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100 ✓	79/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.27★ ✓	4.14★
Reviews	13	71 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	45/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	6.0y ago	11d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	52	1.1K ✓
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

Good Question Spam Master

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.