SEO Defend vs BoldGrid Easy SEO

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

SEO Defend

by SEO Defend

Health D43

BoldGrid Easy SEO

by BoldGrid

Health B81

Active-install trajectory

SEO Defend BoldGrid Easy 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 Defend	BoldGrid Easy SEO
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	40K–50K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-20%
Overall health	D · 43	B · 81 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	69/100 ✓	68/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.79★ ✓	3.72★
Reviews	3	3
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	42/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	6.1y ago	13d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	157	1.2K ✓
Category	SEO	SEO

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

Release activity

SEO Defend BoldGrid Easy 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.