Noted Visual Feedback vs Decent Comments

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

Noted Visual Feedback

by Mountain Thirteen Media

Health B77

Decent Comments

by itthinx

Health B75

Active-install trajectory

Noted Visual FeedbackDecent Comments

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	Noted Visual Feedback	Decent Comments
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+400% ✓	-50%
Overall health	B · 77 ✓	B · 75
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	90/100 ✓	71/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	68/100	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.7★	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	3	20 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	73/100	86/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	6mo ago ✓	10mo ago
Downloads · 30d	158	576 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	4.7% ✓	0.8%
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Noted Visual FeedbackDecent Comments

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.