WP-Popular Posts Tool vs Media Library Assistant

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

WP-Popular Posts Tool

by teo7

Health D41

Media Library Assistant

by David Lingren

Health A96

Active-install trajectory

WP-Popular Posts ToolMedia Library Assistant

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-Popular Posts Tool	Media Library Assistant
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	70K–80K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-22%	0% ✓
Overall health	—	A · 96 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	92/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	0	202 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	15.0y ago	8d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	82	68.7K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.2%	2.4% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Media

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

Release activity

WP-Popular Posts ToolMedia Library Assistant

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.