Homepage Control vs Specia Companion

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

Homepage Control

by WooThemes

Health D45

Specia Companion

by Specia Theme

Health B81

Active-install trajectory

Homepage Control Specia Companion

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	Homepage Control	Specia Companion
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	9K–10K ✓	4K–5K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-10% ✓	-20%
Overall health	D · 45	B · 81 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	99/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100 ✓	67/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★ ✓	3.68★
Reviews	19 ✓	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	45/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	6.0y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	277	981 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Homepage Control Specia Companion

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.