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Social Media Feed Widget vs Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed

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

Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed is the safest pick: health B · 81 against 60 for Social Media Feed Widget, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	Social Media Feed Widget	Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	1M–2M ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	Stable
Overall health	C · 60	B · 81 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	45/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	69/100	98/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	27/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.8★	4.9★ ✓
Reviews	2	4,359 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	70/100	86/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.4y ago	4d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	59	876.3K ✓
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.	+11%	-26%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.0%	1.8% ✓
Category	Social	Social

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

Release activity

Social Media Feed WidgetSmash Balloon Social Photo Feed

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.