Hostney Migration vs Migrate to WordPress.com

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

Health B80

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

Migrate to WordPress.com moved up one install band, 1K+ to 2K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Hostney Migration	Migrate to WordPress.com
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	2K–3K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+100% ✓
Overall health	—	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	81/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.2★ ✓
Reviews	0	9 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	11d ago	5d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	224	8.3K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.1%	3.5% ✓
Category	Content & Feeds	Backup

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

Release activity

Hostney MigrationMigrate to WordPress.com

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.