News, Magazine and Blog Elements vs News Announcement Scroll

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

News, Magazine and Blog Elements

by aThemeArt

Health D41

News Announcement Scroll

by storeapps

Health D51

Active-install trajectory

News, Magazine and Blog Elements News Announcement Scroll

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, Magazine and Blog Elements	News Announcement Scroll
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60–70	2K–3K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 41	D · 51 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	11/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	63/100	84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.55★	4.32★ ✓
Reviews	4	19 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	52/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	8.4y ago	2.8y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	80	261 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

News, Magazine and Blog Elements News Announcement Scroll

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.