Hungry REST API Monitor vs Web Worker Offloading

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

Web Worker Offloading and Hungry REST API Monitor are close on health (B · 82 vs B · 79). Web Worker Offloading has the stronger maintenance.

Hungry REST API Monitor

by Prakhar Bhatia

Health B79

Web Worker Offloading

by WordPress Performance Team

Health B82

Active-install trajectory

Hungry REST API Monitor moved up one install band, 20+ to 30+; Web Worker Offloading moved down one install band, 20K+ to 10K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Hungry REST API Monitor	Web Worker Offloading
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	10K–20K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	20+ → 30+ ✓	20K+ → 10K+
Overall health	B · 79	B · 82 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	90/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	71/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★ ✓	3.8★
Reviews	1	2 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	6mo ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	155	2.6K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+28%	-30%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.6%	9.8% ✓
Category	Analytics	Analytics

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

Release activity

Hungry REST API MonitorWeb Worker Offloading

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.