Jm Social Media Font Awesome vs Better Font Awesome

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

Jm Social Media Font Awesome

by jimolina

Health D41

Better Font Awesome

by Mickey Kay

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Not enough install history yet to chart a trajectory for both plugins. It builds as we snapshot daily.

Metric	Jm Social Media Font Awesome	Better Font Awesome
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	0–0	60K–70K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	-14% ✓
Overall health	D · 41	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	87/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.45★ ✓
Reviews	0	86 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	82/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	9.2y ago	today ✓
Downloads · 30d	50	1.3K ✓
Category	Social	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Jm Social Media Font Awesome Better Font Awesome

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.