No External Links vs YARPP

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

No External Links is the safest pick: health A · 88 against 61 for YARPP, led by stronger maintenance.

No External Links

by mihdan

Health A88

YARPP

by YARPP

Health C61

Active-install trajectory

No External LinksYARPP

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	No External Links	YARPP
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	4K–5K	100K–200K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-43%	Stable ✓
Overall health	A · 88 ✓	C · 61
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	25/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	86/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.4★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	16	1,166 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	94/100 ✓	72/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1mo ago ✓	2.0y ago
Downloads, last 30d	1.1K	14.6K ✓
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.	+64%	+31%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	4.7% ✓	1.2%
Category	SEO	SEO

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

Release activity

No External LinksYARPP

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.