System Fonts vs Use Any Font

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

System Fonts

by Nilo Velez

Health D54

Use Any Font

by Dnesscarkey

Health A90

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	System Fonts	Use Any Font
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	200K–300K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 54	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	35/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.68★ ✓
Reviews	0	1,149 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	64/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.7y ago	13d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	77	118.5K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

System Fonts Use Any Font

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.