RaraTheme Companion vs Per Page Sidebars

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

RaraTheme Companion

by Rara Themes

Health B72

Per Page Sidebars

by Brian Layman

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

RaraTheme Companion Per Page Sidebars

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	RaraTheme Companion	Per Page Sidebars
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K ✓	900–1K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-10%
Overall health	B · 72 ✓	D · 45
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	80/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.04★ ✓
Reviews	0	10 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	83/100 ✓	39/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	8mo ago ✓	8.5y ago
Downloads · 30d	1.4K ✓	144
Category	Social	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

RaraTheme Companion Per Page Sidebars

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.