Otter Waiver vs HTML5 Chat

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

HTML5 Chat is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Otter Waiver

by otterwaiver

Health D43

HTML5 Chat

by proxymis

Health C69

Active-install trajectory

Otter WaiverHTML5 Chat

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	Otter Waiver	HTML5 Chat
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	80–90 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	-20%
Overall health	—	C · 69 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	6/100	73/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	64/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	3.6★ ✓
Reviews	0	8 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	43/100	82/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.4y ago	10mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	158 ✓	144
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+2%	-9%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.1%	0.6% ✓
Category	Chat & Support	Chat & Support

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

Release activity

Otter WaiverHTML5 Chat

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.