WP Smart Image II vs Thumbnail Upscale

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

WP Smart Image II

by Dario Ferrer

Health D41

Thumbnail Upscale

by Stanislav Khromov

Health D50

Active-install trajectory

WP Smart Image IIThumbnail Upscale

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 Smart Image II	Thumbnail Upscale
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	3K–4K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	-25% ✓
Overall health	—	D · 50 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	0	22 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	44/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	11.9y ago	8.9y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	75	526 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.2%	6.4% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

WP Smart Image IIThumbnail Upscale

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.