Themify Icons vs Better Font Awesome

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

Themify Icons

by themifyme

Health C65

Better Font Awesome

by Mickey Kay

Health C64

Active-install trajectory

Themify Icons Better Font Awesome

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	Themify Icons	Better Font Awesome
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	3K–4K	60K–70K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-14%
Overall health	C · 65 ✓	C · 64
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	61/100 ✓	39/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	87/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.45★ ✓
Reviews	0	86 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	79/100 ✓	69/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.0y ago ✓	1.5y ago
Downloads · 30d	390	1.3K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Themify Icons Better Font Awesome

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.