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UpdateGuard vs Fuerte-WP

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

UpdateGuard is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

Fuerte-WP moved down one install band, 100+ to 90+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	UpdateGuard	Fuerte-WP
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	—	80–90 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	—	100+ → 90+ ✓
Overall health	B · 83 ✓	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
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.	86/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1mo ago	yesterday ✓
Downloads, last 30d	69	574 ✓
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.	+50%	-5%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	—	0.9% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Security

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

Release activity

UpdateGuardFuerte-WP

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.