Recommendations vs Easy Affiliate Links

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

Health D41

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

Easy Affiliate Links moved down one install band, 8K+ to 7K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Recommendations	Easy Affiliate Links
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	7K–8K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-13%
Overall health	—	A · 85 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	79/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	—	4.15★ ✓
Reviews	0	34 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.8y ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	32	1.8K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.6%	2.3% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

RecommendationsEasy Affiliate Links

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.