Meta Box vs Pods

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

Meta Box

by Meta Box

Health A91

Pods

by Scott Kingsley Clark

Health A94

Active-install trajectory

Meta Box Pods

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	Meta Box	Pods
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500K–600K ✓	100K–200K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 91	A · 94 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	95/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	80/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.76★	4.82★ ✓
Reviews	165	418 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100	95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	8d ago ✓	11d ago
Downloads · 30d	335.6K ✓	121.2K
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Meta Box Pods

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.