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Location Weather vs Free Weather

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

Location Weather is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	Location Weather	Free Weather
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K ✓	300–400
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	Stable
Overall health	A · 88 ✓	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	40/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	87/100 ✓	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	—
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.4★ ✓	—
Reviews	103 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	97/100 ✓	68/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	16d ago ✓	1.5y ago
Downloads, last 30d	10.7K ✓	141
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.	-8%	+13%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.0%	6.6% ✓
Category	Blocks	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Location WeatherFree Weather

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.