SF Generate Tags vs Media Library Assistant

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

Media Library Assistant is the safest pick: health A · 96 against 46 for SF Generate Tags, led by lower removal risk.

SF Generate Tags

by Studiofreya

Health D46

Media Library Assistant

by David Lingren

Health A96

Active-install trajectory

SF Generate TagsMedia Library Assistant

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	SF Generate Tags	Media Library Assistant
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	70K–80K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-33%	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 46	A · 96 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	92/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	3	202 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.6y ago	8d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	39	68.7K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	-51%	+15%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.5%	2.4% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Media

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

Release activity

SF Generate TagsMedia Library Assistant

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.