UserHeat Plugin vs Aurora Heatmap

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

UserHeat Plugin

by hayata

Health D51

Aurora Heatmap

by r3098

Health C64

Active-install trajectory

UserHeat Plugin Aurora Heatmap

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	UserHeat Plugin	Aurora Heatmap
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	5K–6K	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-17%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 51	C · 64 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	18/100	46/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	80/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.20★ ✓
Reviews	1	7 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	49/100	77/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.4y ago	1.4y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	290	785 ✓
Category	Analytics	Analytics

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

Release activity

UserHeat Plugin Aurora Heatmap

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.