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Vf Expansion vs Specia Companion

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

Specia Companion is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

Specia Companion moved down one install band, 5K+ to 4K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Vf Expansion	Specia Companion
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	4K–5K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	5K+ → 4K+
Overall health	—	B · 81 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	18/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	67/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	3.7★ ✓
Reviews	0	1 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	51/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.4y ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	291	5K ✓
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.	+33%	+66%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.4% ✓	1.4%
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Vf ExpansionSpecia Companion

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.