Skimlinks Affiliate Marketing Tool vs Auto Affiliate Links

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

Skimlinks Affiliate Marketing Tool

by Skimlinks

Health B73

Auto Affiliate Links

by Lucian Apostol

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

Skimlinks Affiliate Marketing Tool Auto Affiliate Links

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	Skimlinks Affiliate Marketing Tool	Auto Affiliate Links
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	800–900	2K–3K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-11% ✓	-33%
Overall health	B · 73	B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	82/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	66/100	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.66★	4.04★ ✓
Reviews	6	39 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	66/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	8mo ago	4d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	210	24.1K ✓
Category	Email & Marketing	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

Skimlinks Affiliate Marketing Tool Auto Affiliate Links

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.