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track-incoming-referrer vs WP-Ban

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

WP-Ban is the safest pick: health B · 81 against 45 for track-incoming-referrer, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

WP-Ban moved down one install band, 9K+ to 8K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	track-incoming-referrer	WP-Ban
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	8K–9K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	9K+ → 8K+
Overall health	D · 45	B · 81 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	68/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★ ✓	3.7★
Reviews	1	27 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	25/100	95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	9.8y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	62	1.6K ✓
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.	-13%	-6%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.3%	2.4% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

track-incoming-referrerWP-Ban

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.