SiteBehaviour Analytics vs MonsterInsights

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

SiteBehaviour Analytics

by Kiran

Health D52

MonsterInsights

by chriscct7

Health A95

Active-install trajectory

SiteBehaviour Analytics MonsterInsights

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	SiteBehaviour Analytics	MonsterInsights
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	2M–3M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+50% ✓	0%
Overall health	D · 52	A · 95 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	30/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	92/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.54★ ✓
Reviews	0	3,148 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	65/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.8y ago	11d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	80	2.7M ✓
Category	Analytics	Analytics

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

Release activity

SiteBehaviour Analytics MonsterInsights

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.