WP Core Update Cleaner vs Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades

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

WP Core Update Cleaner

by Upperdog

Health D51

Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades

by Chris Jean

Health D51

Active-install trajectory

WP Core Update Cleaner Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades

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	WP Core Update Cleaner	Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	800–900	60K–70K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	-14% ✓
Overall health	D · 51	D · 51
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	17/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.05★	4.65★ ✓
Reviews	4	117 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	58/100 ✓	51/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	2.4y ago ✓	4.4y ago
Downloads · 30d	122	1.1K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

WP Core Update Cleaner Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades

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.