Solar Calculator vs WP Energy Usage Calculator

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

Solar Calculator

by Helmut Burk

Health C60

WP Energy Usage Calculator

by Nicholas Kajoh

Health D41

Active-install trajectory

Solar Calculator WP Energy Usage Calculator

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	Solar Calculator	WP Energy Usage Calculator
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	90–100 ✓	50–60
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-29%
Overall health	C · 60 ✓	D · 41
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	50/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	65/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	3.60★
Reviews	0	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	76/100 ✓	38/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	1.3y ago ✓	7.6y ago
Downloads · 30d	74 ✓	51
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Solar Calculator WP Energy Usage Calculator

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.