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Widget Importer & Exporter vs Customizer Backup & Reset

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

Widget Importer & Exporter is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 84 for Customizer Backup & Reset, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

Customizer Backup & Reset moved down one install band, 8K+ to 7K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Widget Importer & Exporter	Customizer Backup & Reset
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200K–300K ✓	7K–8K
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	8K+ → 7K+
Overall health	A · 89 ✓	B · 84
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	91/100 ✓	77/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.6★ ✓	4.1★
Reviews	117 ✓	15
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	98/100 ✓	93/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	21d ago ✓	3mo ago
Downloads, last 30d	110.4K ✓	1.5K
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.	+12%	+6%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.7% ✓	3.6%
Category	Backup	Backup

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

Release activity

Widget Importer & ExporterCustomizer Backup & Reset

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.