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Most Commented Widget vs WP-Stats

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

Most Commented Widget

by Nick Momrik

Health D41
WP-Stats

by Lester Chan

Health B79

Active-install trajectory

Most Commented Widget moved down one install band, 400+ to 300+; WP-Stats moved down one install band, 3K+ to 2K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric Most Commented Widget WP-Stats
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 300–400 2K–3K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window. -25% ✓ -33%
Overall health — B · 79 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 3/100 100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. — 60/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. — 70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count) — 3.4★ ✓
Reviews 0 7 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 34/100 90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. High Low ✓
Last updated 10.9y ago 2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d 123 761 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 0.3% 0.6% ✓
Category Admin & Utilities Analytics

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

Release activity

Most Commented WidgetWP-Stats

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.