RSS Image Feed vs Advanced Excerpt

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

RSS Image Feed

by tepelstreel

Health D45

Advanced Excerpt

by WPKube

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

RSS Image Feed Advanced Excerpt

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	RSS Image Feed	Advanced Excerpt
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K	80K–90K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 45	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	75/100	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.99★	4.30★ ✓
Reviews	13	101 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	40/100	92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.8y ago	28d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	167	39.9K ✓
Category	Content & Feeds	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

RSS Image Feed Advanced Excerpt

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.