Widget Importer & Exporter vs WP Options Importer

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

Widget Importer & Exporter

by Steven Gliebe

Health A89

WP Options Importer

by Matthew Boynes

Health D49

Active-install trajectory

Widget Importer & Exporter WP Options Importer

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Widget Importer & Exporter	WP Options Importer
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200K–300K ✓	6K–7K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-14%
Overall health	A · 89 ✓	D · 49
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	99/100 ✓	6/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	91/100 ✓	84/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.62★ ✓	4.32★
Reviews	117 ✓	9
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	83/100 ✓	53/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	3.5y ago
Downloads · 30d	8.4K ✓	940
Category	Content & Feeds	Content & Feeds

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

Release activity

Widget Importer & Exporter WP Options Importer

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.