Site Favicon vs Custom Favicon

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

Site Favicon

by Web Guy

Health B75

Custom Favicon

by Harish Chouhan

Health B72

Active-install trajectory

Site Favicon Custom Favicon

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	Site Favicon	Custom Favicon
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	5K–6K	5K–6K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 75 ✓	B · 72
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	82/100 ✓	58/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.86★	4.54★ ✓
Reviews	4	17 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	83/100	84/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	7mo ago ✓	1.1y ago
Downloads · 30d	616	676 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Site Favicon Custom Favicon

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.