Shift8 for Google Business vs Post to Google My Business (Google Business Profil

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

Shift8 for Google Business

by shift8

Health C58

Post to Google My Business (Google Business Profil

by Koen Reus

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

Shift8 for Google Business Post to Google My Business (Google Business Profil

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	Shift8 for Google Business	Post to Google My Business (Google Business Profil
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+100% ✓	0%
Overall health	C · 58	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	44/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.80★ ✓
Reviews	0	157 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	74/100	84/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.4y ago	19d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	61	1.8K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Login & Users

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

Release activity

Shift8 for Google Business Post to Google My Business (Google Business Profil

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.