MC Visitor Tally vs Mechanic Visitor Counter

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

MC Visitor Tally

by Mike Hickcox

Health B80

Mechanic Visitor Counter

by Aditya Subawa

Health D43

Active-install trajectory

MC Visitor Tally Mechanic Visitor Counter

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	MC Visitor Tally	Mechanic Visitor Counter
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	7K–8K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-13%
Overall health	B · 80 ✓	D · 43
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	68/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	3.73★ ✓
Reviews	0	15 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	45/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	14d ago ✓	5.7y ago
Downloads · 30d	221	301 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Analytics

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

Release activity

MC Visitor Tally Mechanic Visitor Counter

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.