IssueM vs News Manager

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

IssueM

by ZEEN101

Health C69

News Manager

by dFactory

Health D44

Active-install trajectory

IssueM News Manager

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	IssueM	News Manager
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	600–700	600–700
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-14%
Overall health	C · 69 ✓	D · 44
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	62/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	75/100 ✓	72/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.99★ ✓	3.90★
Reviews	13 ✓	9
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	83/100 ✓	37/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	1.0y ago ✓	10.2y ago
Downloads · 30d	169 ✓	94
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

IssueM News Manager

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.