Vcgs Toolbox vs Social Media Icons Widget

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

Vcgs Toolbox

by Victor Campuzano

Health D49

Social Media Icons Widget

by arstropica

Health D48

Active-install trajectory

Vcgs Toolbox Social Media Icons Widget

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	Vcgs Toolbox	Social Media Icons Widget
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 49 ✓	D · 48
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
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★ ✓	4.29★
Reviews	10 ✓	8
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	41/100 ✓	36/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	8.7y ago ✓	8.8y ago
Downloads · 30d	55	140 ✓
Category	Analytics	Social

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

Release activity

Vcgs Toolbox Social Media Icons Widget

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.