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Heartbeat Control vs Dynamic Front-End Heartbeat Control

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

Dynamic Front-End Heartbeat Control is the safest pick: health A · 87 against 48 for Heartbeat Control, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Heartbeat Control moved down one install band, 80K+ to 70K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Heartbeat Control	Dynamic Front-End Heartbeat Control
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70K–80K ✓	1K–2K
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-13%	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 48	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	7/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	79/100	84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	68 ✓	12
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	57/100	92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.2y ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	5K ✓	1.6K
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.	+34%	+72%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	5.6%	6.1% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Performance

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

Release activity

Heartbeat ControlDynamic 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.