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Zen Feed vs RSS for Yandex Zen

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

Zen Feed is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 65 for RSS for Yandex Zen, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

Zen Feed moved down one install band, 500+ to 400+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Zen Feed	RSS for Yandex Zen
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	4K–5K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	500+ → 400+	Stable ✓
Overall health	A · 89 ✓	C · 65
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	42/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	90/100 ✓	88/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.6★ ✓	4.5★
Reviews	18	30 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	95/100 ✓	77/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1mo ago ✓	1.5y ago
Downloads, last 30d	304	451 ✓
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.	+18%	+24%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.0%	5.5% ✓
Category	Content & Feeds	Content & Feeds

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

Release activity

Zen FeedRSS for Yandex Zen

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.