Textmetrics vs Yoast SEO

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

Health B77

Health A99

Active-install trajectory

Textmetrics moved down one install band, 500+ to 400+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Textmetrics	Yoast SEO
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	10M–20M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 77	A · 99 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	82/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	100/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.04★	4.83★ ✓
Reviews	7	27,820 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	7mo ago	6d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	267	11.7M ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.5%	1.0% ✓
Category	SEO	SEO

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

Release activity

TextmetricsYoast SEO

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.