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Skins vs Fourteen Colors

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

Fourteen Colors is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

Fourteen Colors moved down one install band, 9K+ to 8K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Skins	Fourteen Colors
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	8K–9K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	9K+ → 8K+
Overall health	—	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	97/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	0	48 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	24/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	12.8y ago	4mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	32	504 ✓
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.	-50%	+31%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.5%	3.4% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

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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.