Google+ Comments vs Google Plus Authorship

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

Health D43

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

Google+ Comments moved down one install band, 40+ to 30+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Google+ Comments	Google Plus Authorship
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 43	D · 45 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	69/100	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.8★	4.0★ ✓
Reviews	10 ✓	8
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	39/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	13.5y ago	8.9y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	60	281 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.2%	1.1% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Google+ CommentsGoogle Plus 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.