Refback vs DCO Comment Attachment

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

Refback

by David Shanske

Health D41

DCO Comment Attachment

by Denis Yanchevskiy

Health D48

Active-install trajectory

RefbackDCO Comment Attachment

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	Refback	DCO Comment Attachment
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	5K–6K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-44%
Overall health	—	D · 48 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	85/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	—	4.35★ ✓
Reviews	0	10 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	40/100	43/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	5.9y ago	4.1y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	37	543 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.5%	7.3% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Media

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

Release activity

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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.