Letter Avatars vs Avatar Manager

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

Letter Avatars

by Sibin Grasic

Health D47

Avatar Manager

by Cătălin Dogaru

Health D51

Active-install trajectory

Letter Avatars Avatar Manager

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	Letter Avatars	Avatar Manager
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	5K–6K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	-17% ✓
Overall health	D · 47	D · 51 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	80/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.18★	4.64★ ✓
Reviews	9	39 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	42/100	51/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	6.5y ago	5.6y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	211	282 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Login & Users

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

Release activity

Letter Avatars Avatar Manager

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.