Site Update Notification vs Advanced Automatic Updates

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

Site Update Notification

by Rakib Hossain

Health D52

Advanced Automatic Updates

by Gary Pendergast

Health D50

Active-install trajectory

Site Update NotificationAdvanced Automatic Updates

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 Update Notification	Advanced Automatic Updates
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60–70	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+50% ✓	-33%
Overall health	—	D · 50 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	30/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	0	61 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	70/100 ✓	47/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	1.8y ago ✓	5.4y ago
Downloads · 30d	84	646 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	6.4%	7.7% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Site Update NotificationAdvanced Automatic Updates

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.