Native WP Cleaner vs Disable XML-RPC

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

Native WP Cleaner

by Oleg Komarovskyi

Health D45

Disable XML-RPC

by Phil Erb

Health B81

Active-install trajectory

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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	Native WP Cleaner	Disable XML-RPC
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	200K–300K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-17%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	B · 81 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	91/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	76/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★ ✓	4.0★
Reviews	2	34 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	84/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	9.4y ago	5mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	76	7.7K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.1%	30% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

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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.