GS YouTube Gallery vs Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gal

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

Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gal is the safest pick: health A · 91 against 86 for GS YouTube Gallery, led by stronger rating quality.

GS YouTube Gallery

by GS Plugins

Health A86

Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gal

by Syed Balkhi

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

GS YouTube GalleryFeeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gal

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	GS YouTube Gallery	Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gal
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	100K–200K ✓
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	A · 86	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	6	205 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3d ago ✓	4d ago
Downloads, last 30d	569	128.2K ✓
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.	+15%	-38%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.9%	3.6% ✓
Category	Media	Content & Feeds

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

Release activity

GS YouTube GalleryFeeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gal

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.