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

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

Health A86

Health B81

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

WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & BlockSmash 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.