SolarDawn Sunrise & Sunset Widget vs LunaSolCal

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

SolarDawn Sunrise & Sunset Widget

by Sandun Malinga

Health B77

LunaSolCal

by Volker Vöcking

Health D41

Active-install trajectory

SolarDawn Sunrise & Sunset WidgetLunaSolCal

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	SolarDawn Sunrise & Sunset Widget	LunaSolCal
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	40–50 ✓
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	—	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	93/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	—
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	—
Reviews	0	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	38/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	5mo ago ✓	4.8y ago
Downloads, last 30d	64	70 ✓
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.	+17%	-9%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.6% ✓	2.2%
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.