Shorten2List vs Shorten2Ping

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

Health D41

Active-install trajectory

Shorten2Ping moved up one install band, 30+ to 40+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Shorten2List	Shorten2Ping
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	40–50 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	+33% ✓
Overall health	—	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	—
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	—
Reviews	0	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	35/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	16.6y ago	14.7y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	30	84 ✓
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.	-50%	+100%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.4% ✓	0.1%
Category	Uncategorized	Social

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

Release activity

Shorten2ListShorten2Ping

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.