Local Development vs Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades

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

Local Development

by Andy Fragen

Health A86

Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades

by Chris Jean

Health D51

Active-install trajectory

Local DevelopmentEasy Theme and Plugin Upgrades

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	Local Development	Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80–90	60K–70K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-14%
Overall health	A · 86 ✓	D · 51
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	5	117 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	49/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	4.5y ago
Downloads · 30d	182	1.6K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.7%	4.2% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Local DevelopmentEasy Theme and Plugin Upgrades

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.