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MGS Recommend to a Friend vs IvyCat AJAX Testimonials

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

IvyCat AJAX Testimonials is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

IvyCat AJAX Testimonials moved down one install band, 300+ to 200+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	MGS Recommend to a Friend	IvyCat AJAX Testimonials
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	—	200–300 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	—	-33% ✓
Overall health	—	D · 47 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	82/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.2★ ✓
Reviews	0	16 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	41/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	11.3y ago
Downloads, last 30d	54	131 ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	-5%	0%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	—	1.0% ✓
Category	Social	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

MGS Recommend to a FriendIvyCat AJAX Testimonials

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.