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Side Matter vs Academic Blogger's Toolkit

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

Side Matter and Academic Blogger's Toolkit are close on health (D · 47 vs D · 46), with nothing separating them on the sub-scores.

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	Side Matter	Academic Blogger's Toolkit
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	300–400 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	Stable
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 (weighted for review count)	4.3★ ✓	4.1★
Reviews	13	28 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	40/100	46/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	12.8y ago	7.0y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	87	187 ✓
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.	+25%	+18%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.0% ✓	0.8%
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Side MatterAcademic 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.