SEO Booster vs Rank Math SEO

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

Rank Math SEO is the safest pick: health A · 97 against 90 for SEO Booster, led by stronger support.

SEO Booster

by cleverplugins

Health A90

Rank Math SEO

by Rank Math SEO

Health A97

Active-install trajectory

SEO BoosterRank Math SEO

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	SEO Booster	Rank Math SEO
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	800–900	4M–5M ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-20%	Stable ✓
Overall health	A · 90	A · 97 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	93/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	91/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.7★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	54	7,522 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	97/100	97/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	8d ago	3d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	2.1K	3M ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	-24%	-24%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.4%	2.0% ✓
Category	Analytics	SEO

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

Release activity

SEO BoosterRank Math SEO

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.