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Follow Us Badges vs Follow us on widget

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

Follow Us Badges is the safest pick: health D · 53 against 45 for Follow us on widget, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Follow us on widget moved down one install band, 300+ to 200+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Follow Us Badges	Follow us on widget
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K ✓	200–300
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	-33%
Overall health	D · 53 ✓	D · 45
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	16/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100 ✓	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★ ✓	4.0★
Reviews	8 ✓	2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	57/100 ✓	36/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated ✓	High
Last updated	2.5y ago ✓	9.0y ago
Downloads, last 30d	354 ✓	122
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.	+23%	-12%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.2% ✓	1.0%
Category	Social	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Follow Us BadgesFollow us on widget

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.