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Halloween Panda vs Christmas Panda

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

Christmas Panda is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

Halloween PandaChristmas Panda

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 Halloween Panda Christmas Panda
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 80–90 400–500 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. Stable ✓ 500+ → 400+
Overall health — C · 62 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 3/100 36/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. — 87/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. — 70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count) — 4.4★ ✓
Reviews 0 15 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 39/100 70/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. High Low ✓
Last updated 6.1y ago 1.6y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d 137 158 ✓
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. +58% +3%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 1.0% 1.2% ✓
Category Uncategorized Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Halloween PandaChristmas Panda

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.