scORE! vs Current Year Shortcodes

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

scORE!

by yogihw

Health D41

Current Year Shortcodes

by Lukas

Health D50

Active-install trajectory

scORE! Current Year Shortcodes

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	scORE!	Current Year Shortcodes
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 41	D · 50 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	14/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	78/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.12★ ✓
Reviews	0	3 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	59/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	18.0y ago	2.7y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	59	154 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

scORE! Current Year Shortcodes

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.