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Ghost Importer vs Blog-in-Blog

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

Blog-in-Blog is the safest pick: health B · 78 against 45 for Ghost Importer, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Ghost Importer moved down one install band, 40+ to 30+; Blog-in-Blog moved down one install band, 900+ to 800+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Ghost Importer	Blog-in-Blog
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	800–900 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-25%	900+ → 800+ ✓
Overall health	D · 45	B · 78 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	74/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	89/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	4	16 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	34/100	81/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	9.4y ago	9mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	69	287 ✓
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.	-37%	+41%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.8% ✓	0.7%
Category	Content & Feeds	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Ghost ImporterBlog-in-Blog

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.