Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed vs WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block

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

Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed

by Syed Balkhi

Health A90

WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block

by WPZOOM

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block

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	Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed	WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1M–2M ✓	60K–70K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 90 ✓	A · 86
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	98/100 ✓	81/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	62/100	70/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.89★ ✓	4.24★
Reviews	4,350 ✓	50
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	92/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	today ✓	18d ago
Downloads · 30d	714.0K ✓	33.3K
Category	Social	Social

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

Release activity

Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block

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.