WP Keyword Suggest vs Surfer

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

WP Keyword Suggest

by Nicolas Marin Torres

Health D49

Surfer

by Surfer

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

WP Keyword Suggest Surfer

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 Keyword Suggest	Surfer
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600	6K–7K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-17%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 49	A · 85 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	96/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	87/100 ✓	82/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.43★ ✓	4.26★
Reviews	11 ✓	10
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	40/100	92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	11.4y ago	4mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	139	1.6K ✓
Category	SEO	SEO

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

Release activity

WP Keyword Suggest Surfer

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.