WP Prefix Changer vs Remove Footer Credit

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

Remove Footer Credit is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 48 for WP Prefix Changer, led by lower removal risk.

WP Prefix Changer

by sousatg

Health D48

Remove Footer Credit

by WP Chill

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Remove Footer Credit moved down one install band, 70K+ to 60K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	WP Prefix Changer	Remove Footer Credit
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	900–1K	60K–70K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	70K+ → 60K+
Overall health	D · 48	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	26	88 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	39/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.5y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	164	4K ✓
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.	+12%	+10%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	5.7% ✓	4.9%
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

WP Prefix ChangerRemove Footer Credit

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.