PrettyLinks vs Royal Links

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

PrettyLinks

by Blair Williams

Health A93

Royal Links

by Royal Plugins

Health B80

Active-install trajectory

PrettyLinks Royal Links

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	PrettyLinks	Royal Links
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200K–300K ✓	30–40
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	0% ✓
Overall health	A · 93 ✓	B · 80
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	97/100 ✓	65/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	77/100 ✓	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.84★ ✓	3.60★
Reviews	1,317 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	94/100 ✓	88/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	today ✓	5d ago
Downloads · 30d	255.4K ✓	304
Category	Analytics	Analytics

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

Release activity

PrettyLinks Royal Links

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.