WP Site Verification tool vs Transients Manager

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

WP Site Verification tool

by Paul Bearne

Health B82

Transients Manager

by Syed Balkhi

Health C62

Active-install trajectory

WP Site Verification tool Transients Manager

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 Site Verification tool	Transients Manager
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.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 82 ✓	C · 62
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	99/100 ✓	29/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	70/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.82★	4.74★ ✓
Reviews	6	38 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100 ✓	73/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	1.9y ago
Downloads · 30d	296	6.7K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

WP Site Verification tool Transients Manager

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.