BlogWell's Simple Image Link Widget vs Image Widget

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

Health D41

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

BlogWell's Simple Image Link Widget moved down one install band, 400+ to 300+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	BlogWell's Simple Image Link Widget	Image Widget
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	0% ✓
Overall health	—	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	86/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	0	287 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	17.1y ago	7mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	113	9.9K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.7%	2.1% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

BlogWell's Simple Image Link WidgetImage Widget

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.