Magic Popups vs WP Announce

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

Health D50

Health D43

Active-install trajectory

Magic Popups moved down one install band, 20+ to 10+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Magic Popups	WP Announce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	10–20
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 50 ✓	D · 43
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	90/100 ✓	68/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.5★ ✓	3.7★
Reviews	17 ✓	8
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	42/100 ✓	38/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	10.4y ago ✓	12.4y ago
Downloads · 30d	28	37 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.2% ✓	0.1%
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Magic PopupsWP Announce

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.