Word Balloon vs Guten-bubble

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

Word Balloon

by YAHMAN

Health A87

Guten-bubble

by niatn1012

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

Word Balloon Guten-bubble

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	Word Balloon	Guten-bubble
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K ✓	20–30
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-33%
Overall health	A · 87 ✓	D · 45
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	5/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	84/100 ✓	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.34★ ✓	3.98★
Reviews	8 ✓	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	91/100 ✓	46/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	7d ago ✓	3.6y ago
Downloads · 30d	4.9K ✓	35
Category	Chat & Support	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Word Balloon Guten-bubble

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.