Podcast Subscribe Buttons vs PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry

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

Podcast Subscribe Buttons

by SecondLineThemes

Health B75

PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry

by blubrry

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Podcast Subscribe Buttons PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry

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	Podcast Subscribe Buttons	PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	4K–5K	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20% ✓	-33%
Overall health	B · 75	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	68/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	87/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.43★	4.56★ ✓
Reviews	11	231 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	85/100 ✓	83/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	11mo ago	yesterday ✓
Downloads · 30d	438	105.7K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Content & Feeds

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

Release activity

Podcast Subscribe Buttons PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry

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.