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Idea Factory vs Blim Post Suggestion and Vote

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

Idea Factory is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

Idea Factory moved down one install band, 200+ to 100+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Idea Factory	Blim Post Suggestion and Vote
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200 ✓	—
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	200+ → 100+ ✓	—
Overall health	D · 46 ✓	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	4/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	79/100 ✓	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	—
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★ ✓	—
Reviews	12 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	40/100	45/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	11.2y ago	3.8y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	118	160 ✓
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.	-2%	-7%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.8% ✓	—
Category	Login & Users	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Idea FactoryBlim Post Suggestion and Vote

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.