Weather Underground vs Weather Widget

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

Weather Underground

by Zack Katz

Health D43

Weather Widget

by sk33t

Health D41

Active-install trajectory

Weather Underground Weather Widget

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	Weather Underground	Weather Widget
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	3K–4K ✓	90–100
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 43 ✓	D · 41
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	68/100 ✓	65/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.72★ ✓	3.60★
Reviews	50 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	43/100 ✓	32/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	8.8y ago ✓	17.1y ago
Downloads · 30d	362 ✓	105
Category	Uncategorized	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Weather Underground Weather 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.