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WPConsent vs CookieYes

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

CookieYes is the safest pick: health A · 91 against 86 for WPConsent, led by stronger support.

Active-install trajectory

WPConsent moved up one install band, 100K+ to 200K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	WPConsent	CookieYes
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200K–300K	1M–2M ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	100K+ → 200K+ ✓	Stable
Overall health	A · 86	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	94/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	53/100	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.7★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	87	3,236 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1mo ago	11d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	176.9K	1.4M ✓
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.	+7%	+42%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	12% ✓	1.9%
Category	Privacy & Consent	Privacy & Consent

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

Release activity

WPConsentCookieYes

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.