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ValidateCertify Free vs Accredible Certificates & Open Badges

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

Accredible Certificates & Open Badges is the safest pick: health B · 78 against 74 for ValidateCertify Free, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

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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	ValidateCertify Free	Accredible Certificates & Open Badges
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	900–1K ✓	70–80
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-10% ✓	-30%
Overall health	B · 74	B · 78 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	80/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100 ✓	58/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.9★ ✓	3.3★
Reviews	3	5 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	83/100	84/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	8mo ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	283 ✓	235
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.	+10%	-18%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	6.9% ✓	0.3%
Category	Education	Education

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

Release activity

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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.