Plugin Notes vs Plugin Notes Plus

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

Plugin Notes

by Mohammad Jangda

Health D51

Plugin Notes Plus

by jamiebergen

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

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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	Plugin Notes	Plugin Notes Plus
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	9K–10K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	+13% ✓
Overall health	D · 51	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	92/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.65★	4.82★ ✓
Reviews	26	62 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	43/100	80/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	11.1y ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	83	435 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

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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.