Karailiev's sitemap vs SEO Ultimate

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

Karailiev's sitemap

by karailiev

Health D41

SEO Ultimate

by Jeffrey L. Smith

Health D43

Active-install trajectory

Karailiev's sitemap SEO Ultimate

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	Karailiev's sitemap	SEO Ultimate
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60–70	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25% ✓	-50%
Overall health	D · 41	D · 43 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	70/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	3.82★ ✓
Reviews	0	98 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	44/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	11.8y ago	9.8y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	48	496 ✓
Category	SEO	SEO

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

Release activity

Karailiev's sitemap SEO Ultimate

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.