T4B News Ticker vs Live News

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

T4B News Ticker

by Realwebcare

Health A86

Live News

by DAEXT

Health C60

Active-install trajectory

T4B News Ticker Live News

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	T4B News Ticker	Live News
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	7K–8K ✓	2K–3K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-33%
Overall health	A · 86 ✓	C · 60
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	49/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100 ✓	65/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.24★ ✓	3.60★
Reviews	16 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	93/100 ✓	75/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	1.3y ago
Downloads · 30d	1.1K ✓	214
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

T4B News Ticker Live News

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.