Spots vs Widgets for Google Reviews

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

Spots

by interconnectit

Health D49

Widgets for Google Reviews

by Trustindex

Health A96

Active-install trajectory

Spots Widgets for Google Reviews

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	Spots	Widgets for Google Reviews
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	800–900	900K–1M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-11%	+13% ✓
Overall health	D · 49	A · 96 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	86/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	90/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.40★	4.85★ ✓
Reviews	10	2,630 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	49/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.9y ago	10d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	98	470.0K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Spots Widgets for Google Reviews

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.