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Mr Cookies vs Show Me The Cookies

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

Show Me The Cookies is the safest pick: health B · 82 against 47 for Mr Cookies, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Mr CookiesShow Me The Cookies

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	Mr Cookies	Show Me The Cookies
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60–70	400–500 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-14% ✓	-60%
Overall health	D · 47	B · 82 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	94/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100 ✓	78/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★ ✓	4.1★
Reviews	6 ✓	4
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	11.4y ago	4mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	80	192 ✓
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.	+25%	+8%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.6%	5.7% ✓
Category	Privacy & Consent	Privacy & Consent

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

Release activity

Mr CookiesShow Me The Cookies

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.