Remove Image Links vs No Image Link

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

Remove Image Links

by Luke Mlsna

Health D48

No Image Link

by Scott Werner

Health D46

Active-install trajectory

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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	Remove Image Links	No Image Link
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	800–900	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-11%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 48 ✓	D · 46
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	84/100 ✓	77/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.31★ ✓	4.09★
Reviews	13 ✓	7
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	41/100 ✓	38/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	10.7y ago	8.8y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	142 ✓	129
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.