Mini Live Preview URL vs Inline Preview

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

Mini Live Preview URL

by Sajjad Hossain Sagor

Health B83

Inline Preview

by Christopher Finke

Health D48

Active-install trajectory

Mini Live Preview URL Inline Preview

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	Mini Live Preview URL	Inline Preview
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	300–400 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-25%
Overall health	B · 83 ✓	D · 48
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	99/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.29★ ✓
Reviews	1	8 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	32/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	9.7y ago
Downloads · 30d	75	76 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Mini Live Preview URL Inline Preview

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.