RSS Feed Retriever vs RSS Aggregator by Feedzy

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

RSS Feed Retriever

by Travis

Health D50

RSS Aggregator by Feedzy

by Themeisle

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

RSS Feed RetrieverRSS Aggregator by Feedzy

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	RSS Feed Retriever	RSS Aggregator by Feedzy
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	6K–7K	40K–50K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 50	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	4/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	89/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.5★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	38	361 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	54/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.8y ago	today ✓
Downloads · 30d	1K	77.8K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.0% ✓	1.2%
Category	Content & Feeds	Content & Feeds

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

Release activity

RSS Feed RetrieverRSS Aggregator by Feedzy

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.