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.

Health B81

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block moved down one install band, 60K+ to 50K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed	WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1M–2M ✓	50K–60K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-17%
Overall health	B · 81	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	98/100 ✓	82/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	28/100	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.9★ ✓	4.3★
Reviews	4,359 ✓	51
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	86/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3d ago ✓	1mo ago
Downloads · 30d	904.4K ✓	12.8K
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.8%	1.8% ✓
Category	Social	Social

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

Release activity

Smash Balloon Social Photo FeedWPZOOM 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.