News Magazine X Core vs Advanced Import

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

News Magazine X Core

by WP Royal

Health B80

Advanced Import

by AddonsPress

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

News Magazine X Core Advanced Import

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 X Core	Advanced Import
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	5K–6K	80K–90K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+25% ✓	-20%
Overall health	B · 80	B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	77/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.09★ ✓
Reviews	0	7 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	77/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	3mo ago
Downloads · 30d	1.2K	13.5K ✓
Category	Content & Feeds	Content & Feeds

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

Release activity

News Magazine X Core Advanced Import

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.