Rel Nofollow Checkbox vs External Links

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

Rel Nofollow Checkbox

by Fabio Santos

Health D48

External Links

by WebFactory

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

Rel Nofollow Checkbox External Links

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	Rel Nofollow Checkbox	External Links
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	4K–5K	90K–100K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 48	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	84/100 ✓	83/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.34★ ✓	4.30★
Reviews	26	247 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	45/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.8y ago	13d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	235	19.0K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

✓ 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.