Social Feed Gallery vs Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed

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

Health A88

Health B83

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	Social Feed Gallery	Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80K–90K	1M–2M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 88 ✓	B · 83
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	87/100	98/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	36/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.5★	4.9★ ✓
Reviews	303	4,358 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100 ✓	88/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	14d ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	111.6K	896.8K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.4%	1.8% ✓
Category	Social	Social

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

Release activity

Social Feed GallerySmash Balloon Social Photo Feed

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.