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Video Reviews / Video Widget vs Video Popup

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

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

Release activity

Video Reviews / Video WidgetVideo Popup

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.