Pretty Url vs Yoast SEO

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

Pretty Url

by faaiq

Health C65

Yoast SEO

by Yoast

Health A98

Active-install trajectory

Pretty Url Yoast SEO

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	Pretty Url	Yoast SEO
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80–90	10M–20M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-11%	0% ✓
Overall health	C · 65	A · 98 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	53/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	96/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.83★ ✓
Reviews	1	27,819 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	77/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.2y ago	13d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	88	11.4M ✓
Category	SEO	SEO

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

Release activity

Pretty Url Yoast SEO

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.