Smart Image Editor vs Plus WebP or AVIF

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

Smart Image Editor

by Kaan Karakaş

Health C66

Plus WebP or AVIF

by Katsushi Kawamori

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

Smart Image EditorPlus WebP or AVIF

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	Smart Image Editor	Plus WebP or AVIF
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	5K–6K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+150% ✓	0%
Overall health	C · 66	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	54/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	85/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.4★ ✓
Reviews	2	26 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	72/100	92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.2y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	102	1.9K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	5.4%	6.1% ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Smart Image EditorPlus WebP or AVIF

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.