SEO Editor vs Yoast SEO

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

SEO Editor

by WetPaint

Health D46

Yoast SEO

by Yoast

Health A98

Active-install trajectory

SEO Editor Yoast 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 Editor	Yoast SEO
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	10M–20M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 46	A · 98 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	98/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.12★	4.83★ ✓
Reviews	3	27,819 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	6.4y ago	12d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	72	11.5M ✓
Category	SEO	SEO

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

Release activity

SEO Editor Yoast 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.