Mobile Banner vs Mobile CSS

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

Mobile Banner

by Robin Phillips

Health B81

Mobile CSS

by Maxaud

Health D47

Active-install trajectory

Mobile BannerMobile CSS

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	Mobile Banner	Mobile CSS
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	500–600 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-56%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 81 ✓	D · 47
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	91/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	82/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	3	6 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100 ✓	37/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	5mo ago ✓	13.2y ago
Downloads · 30d	100	147 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.8%	3.7% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Mobile BannerMobile CSS

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.