← Compare

Remove Emoji CSS and JS vs Speed Up

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

Speed Up is the safest pick: health B · 82 against 43 for Remove Emoji CSS and JS, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Speed Up moved down one install band, 300+ to 200+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Remove Emoji CSS and JS	Speed Up
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300 ✓	200–300
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	-33%
Overall health	D · 43	B · 82 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	98/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	69/100	73/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.8★	3.9★ ✓
Reviews	2	4 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	45/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	4.0y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	129	181 ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+7%	+31%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	5.5% ✓	1.0%
Category	Developer Tools	Performance

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

Release activity

Remove Emoji CSS and JSSpeed Up

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.