Hypothesis vs Noted Visual Feedback

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

Hypothesis

by dwhly

Health B73

Noted Visual Feedback

by Mountain Thirteen Media

Health B77

Active-install trajectory

HypothesisNoted 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%	+350% ✓
Overall health	B · 73	B · 77 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	66/100	90/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100 ✓	68/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★ ✓	3.7★
Reviews	7 ✓	3
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	76/100 ✓	73/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	11mo ago	6mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	157	158 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.8%	4.7% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

HypothesisNoted 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.