Post Ratings vs WP-PostRatings

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

Post Ratings

by digitalnature

Health D48

WP-PostRatings

by Lester Chan

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

Post Ratings WP-PostRatings

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	Post Ratings	WP-PostRatings
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-29% ✓	-33%
Overall health	D · 48	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.28★	4.31★ ✓
Reviews	23	179 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	44/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.8y ago	yesterday ✓
Downloads · 30d	112	9.1K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Post Ratings WP-PostRatings

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.