Shortcodes Ultimate vs Better Font Awesome

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

Health A92

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Better Font Awesome moved down one install band, 70K+ to 60K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Shortcodes Ultimate	Better Font Awesome
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400K–500K ✓	60K–70K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-14%
Overall health	A · 92 ✓	A · 88
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	98/100 ✓	87/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.9★ ✓	4.5★
Reviews	5,925 ✓	88
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	92/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	18d ago ✓	2mo ago
Downloads · 30d	227K ✓	9.1K
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.5%	4.7% ✓
Category	Blocks	Blocks

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

Release activity

Shortcodes UltimateBetter Font Awesome

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.