Google Plus Authorship vs WP Google Authorship

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

Google Plus Authorship

by mlazarov

Health D45

WP Google Authorship

by Mervin Praison

Health B72

Active-install trajectory

Google Plus Authorship WP Google Authorship

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	Google Plus Authorship	WP Google Authorship
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K ✓	100–200
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-50%
Overall health	D · 45	B · 72 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	72/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100 ✓	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.04★ ✓	3.98★
Reviews	8 ✓	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	40/100	83/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.8y ago	10mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	154	172 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	SEO

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

Release activity

Google Plus Authorship WP Google Authorship

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.