Yoast Test Helper vs Remove Yoast SEO Comments

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

Yoast Test Helper

by Yoast

Health A88

Remove Yoast SEO Comments

by Mitch

Health D43

Active-install trajectory

Yoast Test Helper Remove Yoast SEO Comments

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	Yoast Test Helper	Remove Yoast SEO Comments
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60K–70K ✓	10K–20K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 88 ✓	D · 43
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	86/100 ✓	70/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.41★ ✓	3.81★
Reviews	12	16 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	42/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	7d ago ✓	7.9y ago
Downloads · 30d	17.7K ✓	278
Category	SEO	SEO

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

Release activity

Yoast Test Helper Remove Yoast SEO Comments

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.