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Skimlinks Affiliate Marketing Tool vs Auto Affiliate Links

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

Auto Affiliate Links is the safest pick: health B · 84 against 69 for Skimlinks Affiliate Marketing Tool, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

Skimlinks Affiliate Marketing Tool moved down one install band, 900+ to 800+; Auto Affiliate Links moved down one install band, 3K+ to 2K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric Skimlinks Affiliate Marketing Tool Auto Affiliate Links
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 800–900 2K–3K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. 900+ → 800+ ✓ -33%
Overall health C · 69 B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 72/100 100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 66/100 76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 3.7★ 4.0★ ✓
Reviews 6 39 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 62/100 96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Low Low
Last updated 10mo ago 1mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d 282 2.4K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower. +14% -22%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 1.4% ✓ 0.2%
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 ToolAuto 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.