Hypothesis vs Noted Visual Feedback

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

Hypothesis

by dwhly

Health B76

Noted Visual Feedback

by Mountain Thirteen Media

Health B81

Active-install trajectory

Hypothesis Noted Visual Feedback

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	Hypothesis	Noted Visual Feedback
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300 ✓	100–200
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+400% ✓
Overall health	B · 76	B · 81 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	75/100	98/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100 ✓	68/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.25★ ✓	3.72★
Reviews	7 ✓	3
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	82/100 ✓	75/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	9mo ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	121 ✓	114
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Hypothesis Noted Visual Feedback

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.