oEmbed Plus vs Metricool

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

oEmbed Plus

by Ayesh Karunaratne

Health D48

Metricool

by Really Simple Plugins

Health A94

Active-install trajectory

oEmbed Plus Metricool

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	oEmbed Plus	Metricool
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	4K–5K	80K–90K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 48	A · 94 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	83/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	100/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.31★ ✓	4.28★
Reviews	7	20 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	43/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	5.1y ago	5d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	1.5K	43.8K ✓
Category	Social	Analytics

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

Release activity

oEmbed Plus Metricool

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.