Lightning Advanced Unit vs Bitcoin Lightning Publisher for WordPress

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

Lightning Advanced Unit

by Hidekazu Ishikawa

Health D41

Bitcoin Lightning Publisher for WordPress

by getalby

Health C55

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	Lightning Advanced Unit	Bitcoin Lightning Publisher for WordPress
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K ✓	80–90
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	-20% ✓
Overall health	—	C · 55 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	29/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	73/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	3.9★ ✓
Reviews	0	4 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	27/100	63/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	4.8y ago	1.9y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	600 ✓	168
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.9%	1.1% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Payments

✓ 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.