Kamran Under Construction Mode vs LightStart

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

Health C59

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

LightStart moved down one install band, 500K+ to 400K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Kamran Under Construction Mode	LightStart
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	—	400K–500K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	-20% ✓
Overall health	—	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	48/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	0	874 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	66/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.3y ago	7d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	38	270.9K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	—	1.9% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Kamran Under Construction ModeLightStart

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.