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Location Weather vs Weather Underground

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

Weather Underground is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

Weather Underground moved down one install band, 4K+ to 3K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Location Weather	Weather Underground
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	3K–4K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	4K+ → 3K+
Overall health	—	D · 43 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	68/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	3.7★ ✓
Reviews	0	50 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	43/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	7.4y ago ✓	8.9y ago
Downloads, last 30d	43	573 ✓
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.	-37%	+36%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.5%	1.1% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Location WeatherWeather Underground

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.