Really Simple Gallery Widget vs Widgets for Social Post Feed

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

Really Simple Gallery Widget

by Helen Hou-Sandi

Health D48

Widgets for Social Post Feed

by Trustindex

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

Really Simple Gallery Widget Widgets for Social Post Feed

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	Really Simple Gallery Widget	Widgets for Social Post Feed
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	700–800 ✓	400–500
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+100% ✓
Overall health	D · 48	B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	85/100 ✓	76/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.35★ ✓	4.06★
Reviews	10 ✓	2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	33/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	9.1y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	93	255 ✓
Category	Media	Social

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

Release activity

Really Simple Gallery Widget Widgets for Social Post Feed

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.