Restrict Widgets vs Blocksy Companion

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

Restrict Widgets

by dFactory

Health D50

Blocksy Companion

by Creative Themes

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

Restrict Widgets Blocksy Companion

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	Restrict Widgets	Blocksy Companion
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	4K–5K	300K–400K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 50	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	90/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.56★	4.64★ ✓
Reviews	36	93 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	46/100	92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.8y ago	yesterday ✓
Downloads · 30d	337	409.6K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Restrict Widgets Blocksy Companion

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.