Styleguide vs Awesome Color Palettes

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

Styleguide

by binarymoon

Health D53

Awesome Color Palettes

by richardgabriel

Health D46

Active-install trajectory

Styleguide Awesome Color Palettes

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	Styleguide	Awesome Color Palettes
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K ✓	100–200
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 53 ✓	D · 46
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	15/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100 ✓	78/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.31★ ✓	4.12★
Reviews	7 ✓	3
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	63/100 ✓	44/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	2.6y ago ✓	5.4y ago
Downloads · 30d	257 ✓	55
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Styleguide Awesome Color Palettes

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.