Spreebie Transcoder vs Open Beacon MP4 Conversion and Compression

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

Spreebie Transcoder

by Thabo David Klass

Health D45

Open Beacon MP4 Conversion and Compression

by Thabo David Klass

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

Spreebie TranscoderOpen Beacon MP4 Conversion and Compression

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	Spreebie Transcoder	Open Beacon MP4 Conversion and Compression
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	50–60 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	-17% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	D · 45
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.0★
Reviews	1	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100 ✓	36/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	7.6y ago ✓	11.2y ago
Downloads · 30d	67	89 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.9% ✓	0.8%
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Spreebie TranscoderOpen Beacon MP4 Conversion and Compression

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.