Heartbeat Control vs Dynamic Front-End Heartbeat Control

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

Heartbeat Control

by WP Media

Health D48

Dynamic Front-End Heartbeat Control

by Codeloghin

Health B83

Active-install trajectory

Heartbeat Control Dynamic Front-End Heartbeat Control

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	Heartbeat Control	Dynamic Front-End Heartbeat Control
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80K–90K ✓	1K–2K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-11%	+25% ✓
Overall health	D · 48	B · 83 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	8/100	89/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	79/100	84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.15★	4.33★ ✓
Reviews	68 ✓	12
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	62/100	78/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.0y ago	6mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	3.5K ✓	362
Category	Admin & Utilities	Performance

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

Release activity

Heartbeat Control Dynamic Front-End Heartbeat Control

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.