Popular Widget vs WP-Stats

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

Popular Widget

by Hax

Health D47

WP-Stats

by Lester Chan

Health B79

Active-install trajectory

Popular Widget WP-Stats

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	Popular Widget	WP-Stats
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	700–800	2K–3K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13% ✓	-33%
Overall health	D · 47	B · 79 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100 ✓	60/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.22★ ✓	3.41★
Reviews	14 ✓	7
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	41/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.8y ago	20d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	97	1.7K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Analytics

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

Release activity

Popular Widget WP-Stats

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.