Upnews Plugin vs Crowdsignal Dashboard

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

Health D41

Health B75

Active-install trajectory

Crowdsignal Dashboard moved up one install band, 100K+ to 200K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Upnews Plugin	Crowdsignal Dashboard
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	—	200K–300K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	+100% ✓
Overall health	—	B · 75 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	51/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	—	3.04★ ✓
Reviews	0	34 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	32/100	93/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	15.1y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	23	5.6K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	—	15% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Upnews PluginCrowdsignal Dashboard

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.