Mechanic Visitor Counter vs XT Visitor Counter

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

Mechanic Visitor Counter

by Aditya Subawa

Health D43

XT Visitor Counter

by xtrsyz

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

Mechanic Visitor Counter XT 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	Mechanic Visitor Counter	XT Visitor Counter
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	7K–8K ✓	6K–7K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13% ✓	-25%
Overall health	D · 43	D · 45 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	5/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	68/100	74/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.73★	3.99★ ✓
Reviews	15 ✓	5
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	45/100	51/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	5.7y ago	3.6y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	298	316 ✓
Category	Analytics	Analytics

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

Release activity

Mechanic Visitor Counter XT 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.