How to Use Downloads and Active Installs to Measure Plugin Growth
Downloads and active installs answer different questions - and the growing gap between them is a rough, useful proxy for how many people are trying your plugin and not keeping it.
Growth-trackingHow to Measure WordPress Plugin Growth Month Over Month
Comparing this month's install count to last month's sounds simple until WordPress.org's own rounding gets in the way - here's how to compare two snapshots without mistaking a bucket for a real change.
Growth-trackingHow to Track WordPress Plugin Rankings Over Time
Your own plugin's rank is one number today and a trend line once you've logged it a few times - here's what it actually reflects, and what it doesn't.
Growth-trackingWhat Does WordPress Plugin Momentum Actually Mean?
Momentum isn't growth restated - it's whether growth itself is speeding up or slowing down, and it usually moves before growth does.
Growth-trackingHow to Know If Your WordPress Plugin Is Growing or Stalling
One month's numbers rarely give a clean verdict - here's how to combine growth, momentum, and rank into an actual growing-or-stalling call instead of guessing from one signal.
Growth-trackingHow to Tell If a WordPress Plugin Is Actually Growing
Three numbers that look like growth on a WordPress plugin page but aren't, and the specific check that replaces each one.
Growth-trackingHow to Track Your WordPress Plugin's Growth
A seven-question monthly check - growth, downloads, momentum, rank, release activity, ratings, and version distribution - that turns tracking your plugin into a fixed routine instead of an occasional glance.
Growth-trackingHow to Check Any WordPress Plugin's Real Installs, Downloads and Growth
See downloads, active installs, ratings, rankings, and growth trends for any plugin or theme on WordPress.org.
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