TweetButton vs AP Twitter Follow Button

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

TweetButton

by David Davis

Health D45

AP Twitter Follow Button

by Armel

Health D41

Active-install trajectory

TweetButtonAP Twitter Follow Button

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	TweetButton	AP Twitter Follow Button
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	80–90 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	-11% ✓
Overall health	D · 45 ✓	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	—
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★ ✓	—
Reviews	1 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100 ✓	32/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	10.4y ago ✓	14.4y ago
Downloads · 30d	50	107 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.1%	0.8% ✓
Category	Social	Social

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

Release activity

TweetButtonAP Twitter Follow Button

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.