Transients Manager vs Cron Logger

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

Transients Manager

by Syed Balkhi

Health C62

Cron Logger

by EdwardBock

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

Transients Manager Cron Logger

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	Transients Manager	Cron Logger
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20K–30K ✓	1K–2K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-50%
Overall health	C · 62	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	29/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	94/100 ✓	83/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.74★ ✓	4.29★
Reviews	38 ✓	8
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	73/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.9y ago	29d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	6.7K ✓	2.7K
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Transients Manager Cron Logger

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.