WP Updates Notifier vs Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades

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

WP Updates Notifier

by Scott Cariss

Health D46

Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades

by Chris Jean

Health D51

Active-install trajectory

WP Updates Notifier Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades

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 Updates Notifier	Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30K–40K	60K–70K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-14%
Overall health	D · 46	D · 51 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.10★	4.65★ ✓
Reviews	35	117 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	47/100	51/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	6.5y ago	4.4y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	748	1.1K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

WP Updates Notifier Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades

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.