JVM Rich Text Icons vs The Icon Block

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

JVM Rich Text Icons

by Joris van Montfort

Health A88

The Icon Block

by Nick Diego

Health B83

Active-install trajectory

JVM Rich Text Icons The Icon 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	JVM Rich Text Icons	The Icon Block
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	3K–4K	40K–50K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+33% ✓
Overall health	A · 88 ✓	B · 83
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	82/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	86/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.40★	4.68★ ✓
Reviews	10	29 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	93/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago ✓	7mo ago
Downloads · 30d	904	10.3K ✓
Category	Blocks	Blocks

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

Release activity

JVM Rich Text Icons The Icon 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.