Share Line vs Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed

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

Share Line

by oxygenyoyo2

Health D45

Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed

by Syed Balkhi

Health B83

Active-install trajectory

Share LineSmash Balloon Social Photo 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	Share Line	Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60–70	1M–2M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-14%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	B · 83 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	98/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	36/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.9★ ✓
Reviews	2	4,358 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	29/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	11.4y ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	77	896.8K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.9%	1.8% ✓
Category	Social	Social

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

Release activity

Share LineSmash Balloon Social Photo 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.