Session Rewind vs Hotjar

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

Session Rewind

by yairsr

Health D45

Hotjar

by Hotjar

Health D41

Active-install trajectory

Session RewindHotjar

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	Session Rewind	Hotjar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	60K–70K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-30%	-14% ✓
Overall health	—	D · 41 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	11/100 ✓	8/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	58/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	3.3★ ✓
Reviews	0	18 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	50/100 ✓	43/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	2.8y ago ✓	3.0y ago
Downloads · 30d	82	3.3K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.6%	5.4% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Session RewindHotjar

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.