News Announcement Scroll vs News, Magazine and Blog Elements

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

News Announcement Scroll

by storeapps

Health D51

News, Magazine and Blog Elements

by aThemeArt

Health D41

Active-install trajectory

News Announcement Scroll News, Magazine and Blog Elements

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	News Announcement Scroll	News, Magazine and Blog Elements
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K ✓	60–70
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 51 ✓	D · 41
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	11/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	84/100 ✓	63/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.32★ ✓	3.55★
Reviews	19 ✓	4
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	52/100 ✓	38/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated ✓	High
Last updated	2.8y ago ✓	8.4y ago
Downloads · 30d	265 ✓	81
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

News Announcement Scroll News, Magazine and Blog Elements

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.