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Weather Widget by Calcatraz vs wp-forecast

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

wp-forecast is the safest pick: health A · 85 against 45 for Weather Widget by Calcatraz, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Weather Widget by Calcatraz moved down one install band, 50+ to 40+; wp-forecast 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	Weather Widget by Calcatraz	wp-forecast
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	4K–5K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	50+ → 40+	-20%
Overall health	D · 45	A · 85 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	78/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.1★ ✓
Reviews	2	23 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	28/100	95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	12.6y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	68	1.7K ✓
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%	-16%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.4%	0.9% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Weather Widget by Calcatrazwp-forecast

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.