HTTPS Social Migration vs SEO Friendly Images

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

HTTPS Social Migration

by Cristian Worthington

Health D45

SEO Friendly Images

by Vladimir Prelovac

Health F38

Active-install trajectory

HTTPS Social MigrationSEO Friendly Images

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	HTTPS Social Migration	SEO Friendly Images
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	-50%
Overall health	D · 45 ✓	F · 38
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	54/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★ ✓	3.2★
Reviews	1	59 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	33/100	40/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	10.7y ago	8.9y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	30	919 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.6% ✓	0.5%
Category	SEO	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

HTTPS Social MigrationSEO Friendly Images

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.