Recommend vs I Recommend This

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

Health D42

Health C69

Active-install trajectory

I Recommend This moved down one install band, 5K+ to 4K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Recommend	I Recommend This
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	4K–5K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-20%
Overall health	—	C · 69 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	5/100	50/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	89/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	0	38 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	45/100	79/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.6y ago	1.3y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	40	677 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.6%	1.0% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

RecommendI Recommend This

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.