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WP fade in text news vs Super RSS Reader

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

Super RSS Reader is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 47 for WP fade in text news, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

WP fade in text news moved down one install band, 300+ to 200+; Super RSS Reader moved down one install band, 10K+ to 9K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	WP fade in text news	Super RSS Reader
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	9K–10K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	300+ → 200+	10K+ → 9K+ ✓
Overall health	D · 47	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	8/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	89/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	3	67 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	50/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.0y ago	17d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	553	7.6K ✓
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.	0%	-23%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.6%	2.0% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Content & Feeds

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

Release activity

WP fade in text newsSuper RSS Reader

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.