Visual Header vs Pearl

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

Visual Header

by dastan800

Health C64

Pearl

by Stylemix

Health C64

Active-install trajectory

Visual Header Pearl

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	Visual Header	Pearl
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	5K–6K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	-17% ✓
Overall health	C · 64	C · 64
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	59/100	61/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100 ✓	64/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★ ✓	3.59★
Reviews	0	13 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	70/100	81/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.1y ago	1.0y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	151	436 ✓
Category	Page Builders	Page Builders

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

Release activity

Visual Header Pearl

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.