Publish To Apple News vs Smart App Banner

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

Publish To Apple News

by Alley

Health B82

Smart App Banner

by stephend

Health D51

Active-install trajectory

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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	Publish To Apple News	Smart App Banner
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	4K–5K ✓	600–700
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	-14% ✓
Overall health	B · 82 ✓	D · 51
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	18/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	70/100	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.81★	4.05★ ✓
Reviews	25 ✓	3
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	79/100 ✓	60/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	1mo ago ✓	2.4y ago
Downloads · 30d	12.9K ✓	98
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

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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.