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WSW vs Widget Importer & Exporter

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

Widget Importer & Exporter is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 84 for WSW, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

WSW moved down one install band, 600+ to 500+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	WSW	Widget Importer & Exporter
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600	200K–300K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-17%	Stable ✓
Overall health	B · 84	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	2	117 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	87/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	21d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	458	110.4K ✓
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%	+12%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.5%	3.7% ✓
Category	Content & Feeds	Backup

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

Release activity

WSWWidget Importer & Exporter

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.