Thumbnail Upscale vs Get the Image

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

Thumbnail Upscale

by Stanislav Khromov

Health D50

Get the Image

by Justin Tadlock

Health D46

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	Thumbnail Upscale	Get the Image
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	3K–4K	7K–8K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	-13% ✓
Overall health	D · 50 ✓	D · 46
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	88/100 ✓	78/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.49★ ✓	4.13★
Reviews	22 ✓	17
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	44/100 ✓	39/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	8.8y ago	8.8y ago
Downloads · 30d	246	514 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

✓ 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.