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Wishful Companion vs Popularis Extra

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

Popularis Extra is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

Wishful CompanionPopularis Extra

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 Wishful Companion Popularis Extra
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 200–300 6K–7K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. 300+ → 200+ -25% ✓
Overall health — B · 70 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 15/100 66/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. — 74/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. — 70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count) — 4.0★ ✓
Reviews 0 1 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 54/100 78/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Elevated Low ✓
Last updated 2.6y ago 11mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d 139 885 ✓
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. +24% +11%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 1.6% 2.6% ✓
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Release activity

Wishful CompanionPopularis Extra

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.