Vanilla PDF Embed vs PDF.js Viewer

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

Vanilla PDF Embed

by Mike Doherty

Health D49

PDF.js Viewer

by Ben Lawson

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

Vanilla PDF Embed PDF.js Viewer

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	Vanilla PDF Embed	PDF.js Viewer
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	3K–4K	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 49	A · 85 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	95/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	86/100 ✓	83/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.40★ ✓	4.30★
Reviews	32	53 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	82/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	9.8y ago	4mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	376	3.3K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

✓ 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.