Sexy RSS Footer vs Ozh' Better Feed

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

Sexy RSS Footer

by zhenech

Health D41

Ozh' Better Feed

by Ozh

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

Sexy RSS Footer Ozh' Better Feed

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	Sexy RSS Footer	Ozh' Better Feed
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	500–600 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-29%
Overall health	D · 41	D · 45 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.06★ ✓
Reviews	0	2 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	59/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	15.3y ago ✓	16.0y ago
Downloads · 30d	140	149 ✓
Category	Content & Feeds	Content & Feeds

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

Release activity

Sexy RSS Footer Ozh' Better Feed

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.