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Ventus vs Weather Atlas Widget

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

Ventus and Weather Atlas Widget are close on health (C · 64 vs C · 63). Ventus has the stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

Weather Atlas Widget moved down one install band, 9K+ to 8K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Ventus	Weather Atlas Widget
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	3K–4K	8K–9K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	9K+ → 8K+
Overall health	C · 64 ✓	C · 63
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	40/100	47/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	87/100 ✓	77/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.4★ ✓	4.1★
Reviews	13	41 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	72/100	77/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.5y ago	1.3y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	492	938 ✓
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.	+40%	+14%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	11% ✓	4.3%
Category	Uncategorized	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

VentusWeather Atlas 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.