Outranking Plugin Options vs Surfer

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

Outranking Plugin Options

by Outanking Team

Health D43

Surfer

by Surfer

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

Outranking Plugin OptionsSurfer

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	Outranking Plugin Options	Surfer
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80–90	5K–6K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	-17% ✓
Overall health	—	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	8/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	82/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	0	10 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	48/100	92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.0y ago	16d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	97	7.5K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.2%	2.9% ✓
Category	SEO	SEO

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

Release activity

Outranking Plugin OptionsSurfer

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.