Hello Positivity vs Hello World

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

Hello Positivity

by adambradford

Health D41

Hello World

by Bernhard Kau

Health C67

Active-install trajectory

Hello PositivityHello World

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	Hello Positivity	Hello World
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	200–300 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-50%
Overall health	—	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	66/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	—
Rating (adjusted)	—	—
Reviews	0	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	32/100	80/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	6.8y ago	11mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	66	151 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.7%	1.1% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Hello PositivityHello World

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.