TCG Card Links vs Magic Login Link

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

TCG Card Links

by Indrajeetpal

Health D41

Magic Login Link

by Tim Sippel

Health D41

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	TCG Card Links	Magic Login Link
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	100–200 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	Stable
Overall health	—	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	—
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	—
Reviews	0	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	35/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	13.0y ago	8.6y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	27	122 ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	-50%	+26%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.5%	4.3% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Login & Users

✓ 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.