Surfer vs Soro

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

Surfer

by Surfer

Health A86

Soro

by soroseo

Health B79

Active-install trajectory

SurferSoro

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	Surfer	Soro
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	6K–7K	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-17%	+400% ✓
Overall health	A · 86 ✓	B · 79
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	86/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100 ✓	76/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★ ✓	4.1★
Reviews	10 ✓	2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	92/100 ✓	72/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	16d ago ✓	7mo ago
Downloads · 30d	7.5K ✓	2.9K
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.5%	30% ✓
Category	SEO	AI

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

Release activity

SurferSoro

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.