Side Matter vs Academic Blogger's Toolkit

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

Side Matter

by setzer

Health D47

Academic Blogger's Toolkit

by dsifford

Health D46

Active-install trajectory

Side Matter Academic Blogger's Toolkit

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	Side Matter	Academic Blogger's Toolkit
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	300–400 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 47 ✓	D · 46
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100 ✓	79/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.27★ ✓	4.15★
Reviews	13	28 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	40/100	47/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	12.6y ago	6.9y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	63	132 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Side Matter Academic Blogger's Toolkit

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.