Responsive Image Widget vs Hot Random Image

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

Responsive Image Widget

by benarobinson

Health D45

Hot Random Image

by Hot Themes

Health B77

Active-install trajectory

Responsive Image Widget Hot Random Image

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	Responsive Image Widget	Hot Random Image
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	2K–3K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	B · 77 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	75/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.99★	4.32★ ✓
Reviews	5	9 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	87/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	13.1y ago	9mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	173	285 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Blocks

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

Release activity

Responsive Image Widget Hot Random Image

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.