Test jQuery Updates vs Animate It!

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

Test jQuery Updates

by Andrew Ozz

Health B75

Animate It!

by eleopard

Health B81

Active-install trajectory

Test jQuery Updates Animate It!

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	Test jQuery Updates	Animate It!
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	-33% ✓
Overall health	B · 75	B · 81 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	77/100 ✓	74/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	77/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.09★	4.80★ ✓
Reviews	7	127 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	64/100	93/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	9mo ago ✓	9mo ago
Downloads · 30d	388	1.8K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Test jQuery Updates Animate It!

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.