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Indicate External Links vs Nofollow External Links (SEO)

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

Indicate External Links is the safest pick: health C · 65 against 49 for Nofollow External Links (SEO), led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

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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	Indicate External Links	Nofollow External Links (SEO)
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	600–700 ✓	100–200
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-14% ✓	-75%
Overall health	C · 65 ✓	D · 49
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	46/100 ✓	17/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100 ✓	71/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★ ✓	3.9★
Reviews	7 ✓	3
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	72/100 ✓	56/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	1.4y ago ✓	2.5y ago
Downloads, last 30d	217 ✓	112
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.	+34%	-22%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.8% ✓	1.9%
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

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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.