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Rainbow Address Bar vs Color Mobile Browser Address Bar

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

Color Mobile Browser Address Bar and Rainbow Address Bar are close on health (D · 47 vs D · 46). Color Mobile Browser Address Bar has the lower removal risk.

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	Rainbow Address Bar	Color Mobile Browser Address Bar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	2K–3K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-30%	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 46	D · 47 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	81/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.2★ ✓
Reviews	3	5 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	40/100	40/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	6.1y ago	5.6y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	86	276 ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+50%	+48%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.2%	11% ✓
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.