Replace Amazon Links in Feed with post URL vs Advanced Ads

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

Advanced Ads is the safest pick: health A · 97 against 45 for Replace Amazon Links in Feed with post URL, led by lower removal risk.

Replace Amazon Links in Feed with post URL

by klongdesigns

Health D45

Advanced Ads

by monetizemore

Health A97

Active-install trajectory

Replace Amazon Links in Feed with post URL moved down one install band, 70+ to 60+; Advanced Ads moved down one install band, 100K+ to 90K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Replace Amazon Links in Feed with post URL	Advanced Ads
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60–70	90K–100K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-14%	100K+ → 90K+ ✓
Overall health	D · 45	A · 97 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	92/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.9★ ✓
Reviews	1	1,463 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	34/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.5y ago	8d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	78	64.5K ✓
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.	-26%	+3%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.8% ✓	0.8%
Category	Content & Feeds	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Replace Amazon Links in Feed with post URLAdvanced Ads

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.