Rich Showcase for Google Reviews vs Widgets for Google Reviews

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

Health A99

Health A96

Active-install trajectory

Widgets for Google Reviews moved up one install band, 900K+ to 1M+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Rich Showcase for Google Reviews	Widgets for Google Reviews
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100K–200K	1M–2M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+11% ✓
Overall health	A · 99 ✓	A · 96
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	98/100 ✓	97/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	100/100 ✓	88/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.9★ ✓	4.9★
Reviews	1,625	2,669 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	100/100 ✓	97/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	16d ago	7d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	235.3K	507.4K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.2%	4.7% ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Rich Showcase for Google ReviewsWidgets for Google Reviews

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.