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My Links vs Broken Link Checker

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

Broken Link Checker is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 43 for My Links, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

My Links moved down one install band, 30+ to 20+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	My Links	Broken Link Checker
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	500K–600K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	30+ → 20+	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 43	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	5/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	67/100	69/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	100/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.7★	3.8★ ✓
Reviews	1	605 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	47/100	95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.6y ago	24d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	65	415.7K ✓
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.	+30%	+17%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.0%	2.0% ✓
Category	Security	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

My LinksBroken Link Checker

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.