Image Refresh vs Fix Image Rotation

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

Image Refresh

by Micah Wood

Health C62

Fix Image Rotation

by Gagan Deep Singh

Health B81

Active-install trajectory

Image Refresh Fix Image Rotation

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	Image Refresh	Fix Image Rotation
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	900–1K	4K–5K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-10%	0% ✓
Overall health	C · 62	B · 81 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	33/100	85/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	89/100 ✓	83/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.53★ ✓	4.28★
Reviews	18	27 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	78/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.7y ago	7mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	125	364 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Image Refresh Fix Image Rotation

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.