Lorem Pixels vs Dummy Images

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

Lorem Pixels

by Bimal Poudel

Health D45

Dummy Images

by Mariyan Belchev

Health D42

Active-install trajectory

Lorem Pixels Dummy Images

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	Lorem Pixels	Dummy Images
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	100–200 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-50%
Overall health	D · 45 ✓	D · 42
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	5/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	65/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★ ✓	3.60★
Reviews	1 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	49/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	8.6y ago	3.5y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	74	163 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Lorem Pixels Dummy Images

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.