Mercado Lite vs MarketKing

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

Mercado Lite

by RedefiningTheWeb

Health B78

MarketKing

by WebWizards

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Mercado LiteMarketKing

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	Mercado Lite	MarketKing
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	700–800 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-22%
Overall health	B · 78	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	80/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.22★	4.57★ ✓
Reviews	5	19 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	87/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	8mo ago	6d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	68	1.4K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.1%	1.4% ✓
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

Mercado LiteMarketKing

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.