[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #6511: Bring back the active install growth chart

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#6511: Bring back the active install growth chart
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 Reporter:  markzahra         |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  high              |   Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by webzunft):

 > If someone has reasons to bring it back that haven't been presented
 above already, please add it to this thread so we have the best possible
 presentation of that side of the argument to consider.

 Motivation.
 I have a couple of free-only plugins in the repo. Seeing one of them grow
 is extremely motivating to spend more of my free time maintaining them. It
 happened more than once that I didn’t spend time on a plugin, then saw
 that it gained popularity, and then started maintaining it again.
 Seeing new installs decline is demotivating. But it can also be an
 indicator of a project not being that useful anymore. I can then lower my
 engagement with it and focus on plugins that are needed more.
 To me, either growth or decline is motivating to spend time on free
 projects. I will have a hard time motivating myself to test all my free
 plugins when the next WP version update email is asking me to do that.

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