Measuring Ruler vs Equal Height Columns

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

Measuring Ruler

by ankilov1954

Health D45

Equal Height Columns

by MIGHTYminnow

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

Measuring Ruler Equal Height Columns

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	Measuring Ruler	Equal Height Columns
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	89/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.69★ ✓
Reviews	1	41 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	43/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	5.5y ago	6mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	53	472 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Measuring Ruler Equal Height Columns

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.