Prettify For WordPress vs SyntaxHighlighter Evolved

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

Prettify For WordPress

by Josh Lyford

Health D41

SyntaxHighlighter Evolved

by Alex Mills

Health C62

Active-install trajectory

Prettify For WordPress SyntaxHighlighter Evolved

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	Prettify For WordPress	SyntaxHighlighter Evolved
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 41	C · 62 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	40/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	82/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.26★ ✓
Reviews	0	86 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	33/100	84/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	15.4y ago	1.5y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	29	1.7K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Prettify For WordPress SyntaxHighlighter Evolved

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.