Page Specific Scripts vs jQuery Updater

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

Page Specific Scripts

by Afnan Abbasi

Health D45

jQuery Updater

by Ramoonus

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

Page Specific Scripts jQuery Updater

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	Page Specific Scripts	jQuery Updater
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	85/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.38★ ✓
Reviews	1	64 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	41/100	82/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	5.9y ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	67	2.2K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Page Specific Scripts jQuery Updater

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.