Lens vs Folders

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

Folders is the safest pick: health A · 98 against 76 for Lens, led by stronger maintenance.

Lens

by Neonic

Health B76

Folders

by Premio

Health A98

Active-install trajectory

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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	Lens	Folders
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80–90	90K–100K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+300% ✓	Stable
Overall health	B · 76	A · 98 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	75/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100	99/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	93/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★	5.0★ ✓
Reviews	6	1,527 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	81/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	9mo ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	193	222.7K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+15%	+60%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	5.4% ✓	3.5%
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

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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.