Photection vs Image Watermark

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

Photection

by Colormelon

Health D46

Image Watermark

by dFactory

Health B80

Active-install trajectory

Photection Image Watermark

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	Photection	Image Watermark
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	40K–50K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 46	B · 80 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	80/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	48/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.12★	4.19★ ✓
Reviews	3	287 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	87/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	9.9y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	124	6.2K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Photection Image Watermark

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.