Hotjar vs Advanced Hotjar

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

Hotjar

by Hotjar

Health D42

Advanced Hotjar

by Jerome

Health D41

Active-install trajectory

Hotjar Advanced Hotjar

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	Hotjar	Advanced Hotjar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70K–80K ✓	30–40
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13% ✓	-40%
Overall health	D · 42 ✓	D · 41
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	11/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	58/100	65/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.33★	3.60★ ✓
Reviews	18 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	46/100 ✓	40/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	2.8y ago ✓	6.3y ago
Downloads · 30d	2.2K ✓	71
Category	Uncategorized	Analytics

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

Release activity

Hotjar Advanced Hotjar

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.