Swifty Image Widget vs Simple Image Widget

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

Swifty Image Widget

by Goran87

Health D51

Simple Image Widget

by Cedaro

Health B70

Active-install trajectory

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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	Swifty Image Widget	Simple Image Widget
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	900–1K	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-10%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 51	B · 70 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	8/100	57/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	87/100 ✓	85/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.45★ ✓	4.37★
Reviews	12	39 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	58/100	86/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.1y ago	1.1y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	108	388 ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Media

✓ 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.