Hikari Category Permalink vs Permalink Manager Lite

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

Hikari Category Permalink

by Unknown

Health D47

Permalink Manager Lite

by Maciej Bis

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

Hikari Category Permalink Permalink Manager Lite

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	Hikari Category Permalink	Permalink Manager Lite
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 47	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.22★	4.70★ ✓
Reviews	5	176 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	15.9y ago	21d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	60	103.3K ✓
Category	SEO	eCommerce

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

Release activity

Hikari Category Permalink Permalink Manager Lite

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.