My Story vs Web Stories

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

Web Stories and My Story are close on health (C · 62 vs C · 60), with nothing separating them on the sub-scores.

My Story

by Saeed Piri

Health C60

Web Stories

by Google

Health C62

Active-install trajectory

My StoryWeb Stories

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	My Story	Web Stories
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600	60K–70K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+25% ✓	70K+ → 60K+
Overall health	C · 60	C · 62 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	39/100	41/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	79/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.1★ ✓
Reviews	3	87 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	68/100	76/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.6y ago	1.5y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	203	6K ✓
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.	+3%	+5%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	9.6% ✓	2.1%
Category	Social	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

My StoryWeb Stories

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.