Web Worker Offloading vs Speculative Loading

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

Health B82

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Web Worker Offloading 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	Web Worker Offloading	Speculative Loading
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K	70K–80K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 82	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.84★	4.56★ ✓
Reviews	2	18 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100	95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	2mo ago
Downloads · 30d	2.6K	13.4K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	9.8%	14% ✓
Category	Analytics	Performance

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

Release activity

Web Worker OffloadingSpeculative Loading

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.