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Video Popup vs Video Reviews / Video Widget

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

Video Popup is the safest pick: health A · 87 against 57 for Video Reviews / Video Widget, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

Video Popup moved down one install band, 20K+ to 10K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Video Popup	Video Reviews / Video Widget
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K ✓	100–200
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-50%	Stable ✓
Overall health	A · 87 ✓	C · 57
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	28/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	84/100 ✓	80/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★ ✓	4.2★
Reviews	43 ✓	4
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	97/100 ✓	63/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	1.9y ago
Downloads, last 30d	2.2K ✓	113
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.	+25%	-9%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.4% ✓	2.3%
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Video PopupVideo Reviews / Video 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.