ThickBox vs Social Photo Fetcher

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

ThickBox

by Christian Schenk

Health D41

Social Photo Fetcher

by JK

Health B81

Active-install trajectory

ThickBox Social Photo Fetcher

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	ThickBox	Social Photo Fetcher
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-50%
Overall health	D · 41	B · 81 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	98/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	63/100	69/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.52★	3.78★ ✓
Reviews	5	12 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	78/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	12.2y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	80	339 ✓
Category	Media	Social

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

Release activity

ThickBox Social Photo Fetcher

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.