Internal Link Building vs Link Whisper Free

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

Internal Link Building

by hmsraza24

Health D43

Link Whisper Free

by Spencer Haws

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

Internal Link Building Link Whisper Free

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	Internal Link Building	Link Whisper Free
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	30K–40K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 43	A · 85 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	69/100	78/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.77★	4.11★ ✓
Reviews	2	145 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	81/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.4y ago	13d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	69	27.1K ✓
Category	SEO	SEO

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

Release activity

Internal Link Building Link Whisper Free

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.