Icecast Now Playing vs rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress

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

Icecast Now Playing

by wgalway

Health D45

rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress

by rtCamp

Health B81

Active-install trajectory

Icecast Now Playing rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress

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	Icecast Now Playing	rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	7K–8K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-22%	-22%
Overall health	D · 45	B · 81 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	66/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★ ✓	3.67★
Reviews	1	152 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	31/100	80/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.3y ago	4d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	192	8.3K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Media

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

Release activity

Icecast Now Playing rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress

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.