Resize Image After Upload vs EWWW Image Optimizer

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

Resize Image After Upload

by ShortPixel

Health A89

EWWW Image Optimizer

by Shane Bishop

Health A96

Active-install trajectory

Resize Image After Upload EWWW Image Optimizer

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	Resize Image After Upload	EWWW Image Optimizer
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80K–90K	1M–2M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 89	A · 96 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	91/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	89/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.60★	4.75★ ✓
Reviews	56	1,838 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	83/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	5d ago	5d ago
Downloads · 30d	3.0K	885.4K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Performance

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

Release activity

Resize Image After Upload EWWW Image Optimizer

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.