Offline Updater vs Force Update Check for Plugins and Themes

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

Offline Updater

by Link

Health D41

Force Update Check for Plugins and Themes

by WP Zone

Health C55

Active-install trajectory

Offline Updater Force Update Check for Plugins and Themes

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	Offline Updater	Force Update Check for Plugins and Themes
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	200–300 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 41	C · 55 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	23/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	81/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.22★ ✓
Reviews	0	5 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	39/100	67/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	6.8y ago	2.1y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	68	88 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Offline Updater Force Update Check for Plugins and Themes

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.