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Really Disable Emojis vs Keep Emoticons as Text

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

Really Disable Emojis and Keep Emoticons as Text are close on health (A · 87 vs A · 87), with nothing separating them on the sub-scores.

Active-install trajectory

Really Disable Emojis moved down one install band, 800+ to 700+; Keep Emoticons as Text moved down one install band, 800+ to 700+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Really Disable Emojis	Keep Emoticons as Text
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	700–800 ✓	700–800
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-13%	-13%
Overall health	A · 87	A · 87
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	99/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	8	8
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	87/100	87/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	4d ago ✓	3mo ago
Downloads, last 30d	598 ✓	190
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.	+31%	+13%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	9.1% ✓	7.8%
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Really Disable EmojisKeep Emoticons as Text

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.