Multi-Author AdSense vs Google AdSense for Responsive Design

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

Multi-Author AdSense and Google AdSense for Responsive Design are close on health (D · 43 vs D · 43), with nothing separating them on the sub-scores.

Multi-Author AdSense

by The Plugin Factory

Health D43

Google AdSense for Responsive Design

by The Plugin Factory

Health D43

Active-install trajectory

Google AdSense for Responsive Design moved down one install band, 200+ to 100+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Multi-Author AdSense	Google AdSense for Responsive Design
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	100–200 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	200+ → 100+
Overall health	D · 43	D · 43
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	69/100	70/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.8★	3.8★ ✓
Reviews	2	17 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	40/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	11.4y ago	10.5y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	142 ✓	122
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.	-17%	-3%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.2% ✓	0.2%
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Multi-Author AdSenseGoogle AdSense for Responsive Design

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.