Royal Links vs PrettyLinks

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

Royal Links

by Royal Plugins

Health B80

PrettyLinks

by Blair Williams

Health A93

Active-install trajectory

Royal Links PrettyLinks

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	Royal Links	PrettyLinks
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	200K–300K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+100% ✓	-33%
Overall health	B · 80	A · 93 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	75/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.84★ ✓
Reviews	0	1,317 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	11d ago	6d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	248	138.2K ✓
Category	Analytics	Analytics

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

Release activity

Royal Links PrettyLinks

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.