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Linkjet vs PrettyLinks

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

PrettyLinks is the safest pick: health A · 94 against 83 for Linkjet, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

PrettyLinks moved down one install band, 300K+ to 200K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Linkjet	PrettyLinks
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	200K–300K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	300K+ → 200K+
Overall health	B · 83	A · 94 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	82/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	1	1,321 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	27d ago	18d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	155	188.6K ✓
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.	-12%	+166%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.0% ✓	1.9%
Category	SEO	Analytics

✓ 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.