Materializer WP vs Material Design for WordPress

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

Materializer WP

by CodyReichert

Health D45

Material Design for WordPress

by XWP

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

Materializer WP Material Design for WordPress

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	Materializer WP	Material Design for WordPress
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	700–800 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-13%
Overall health	D · 45	D · 45
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	4/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	75/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	3.99★ ✓
Reviews	1	8 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	50/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	10.9y ago	3.8y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	68	216 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Blocks

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

Release activity

Materializer WP Material Design for WordPress

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.