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Image Pro vs Thumbnail Upscale

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

Thumbnail Upscale is the safest pick: health D · 50 against 45 for Image Pro, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

Image Pro moved down one install band, 300+ to 200+; Thumbnail Upscale moved down one install band, 4K+ to 3K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Image Pro	Thumbnail Upscale
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	3K–4K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-33%	4K+ → 3K+ ✓
Overall health	D · 45	D · 50 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	6	22 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	44/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	9.8y ago	8.9y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	133	522 ✓
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%	+44%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.3%	6.4% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Media

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

Release activity

Image ProThumbnail Upscale

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.