Live Blogging vs Live Blogging Plus

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

Live Blogging

by chrisnorthwood

Health D47

Live Blogging Plus

by Vidyut

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

Live BloggingLive Blogging Plus

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	Live Blogging	Live Blogging Plus
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200 ✓	50–60
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-17%
Overall health	D · 47 ✓	D · 45
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100 ✓	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★ ✓	4.0★
Reviews	5	5
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	38/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	14.5y ago	8.6y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	236 ✓	104
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.2%	0.5% ✓
Category	Booking & Events	Booking & Events

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

Release activity

Live BloggingLive Blogging Plus

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.