Review Fetcher vs Widgets for Google Reviews

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

Review Fetcher

by Rahul Deb

Health C64

Widgets for Google Reviews

by Trustindex

Health A97

Active-install trajectory

Not enough install history yet to chart a trajectory for both plugins. It builds as we snapshot daily.

Metric	Review Fetcher	Widgets for Google Reviews
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	900K–1M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	+13% ✓
Overall health	C · 64	A · 97 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	60/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	91/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.85★ ✓
Reviews	0	2,630 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	79/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.0y ago	14d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	19	481.0K ✓
Category	AI	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Review Fetcher Widgets for Google Reviews

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.