Twitter SLM vs Display Tweets

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

Twitter SLM

by drmaxim

Health D41

Display Tweets

by MatthewRuddy

Health D50

Active-install trajectory

Twitter SLMDisplay Tweets

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	Twitter SLM	Display Tweets
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	800–900 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-20%
Overall health	—	D · 50 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	—	4.49★ ✓
Reviews	0	14 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	41/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	11.5y ago	8.8y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	59	153 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.5%	1.5% ✓
Category	Social	Content & Feeds

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

Release activity

Twitter SLMDisplay Tweets

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.