WP Options Importer vs Widget Importer & Exporter

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

WP Options Importer

by Matthew Boynes

Health D49

Widget Importer & Exporter

by Steven Gliebe

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

WP Options Importer Widget Importer & Exporter

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	WP Options Importer	Widget Importer & Exporter
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	6K–7K	200K–300K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-14%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 49	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	6/100	99/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	84/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.32★	4.62★ ✓
Reviews	9	117 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	53/100	83/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.5y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	902	8.3K ✓
Category	Content & Feeds	Content & Feeds

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

Release activity

WP Options Importer Widget Importer & Exporter

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.