SiteOrigin CSS vs Visual CSS Style Editor

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

SiteOrigin CSS

by Greg - SiteOrigin

Health A91

Visual CSS Style Editor

by YellowPencil

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

SiteOrigin CSS Visual CSS Style Editor

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	SiteOrigin CSS	Visual CSS Style Editor
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100K–200K ✓	30K–40K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-25%
Overall health	A · 91 ✓	B · 84
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	99/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	96/100 ✓	77/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.81★ ✓	4.07★
Reviews	153 ✓	90
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	99/100 ✓	96/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	15.6K ✓	2.2K
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

SiteOrigin CSS Visual CSS Style Editor

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.