[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 joppuyo):

 Replying to [comment:20 dmccan]:
 > If the stats availability was being misused or was a security issue, and
 that was pulling the team away from other day to day required work, then
 disabling them until there is a fix seems reasonable.
 >
 > On the general issue of stat availability, as a community member I was
 somewhat put off by the presence of stat aggregators that people need to
 pay for to access.  I get it that the creators of those businesses were
 clever and being good entrepreneurs, but I think that knowledge should be
 available to everyone.  What about the developers of free plugins that
 cannot afford to pay for the secret knowledge? So I support having more
 stats available to everyone.
 >

 It was possible to get the accurate active installs count using and API
 provided by wp.org and a basic math formula:
 https://benjaminintal.com/2020/09/12/how-to-get-the-actual-number-of-
 active-installs-of-your-wordpress-plugin/

 You could this yourself using a script or even by hand using an Excel
 sheet. I don’t really see how it’s a problem if someone turns this into a
 commercial service, after hosting servers isn’t free and plenty of
 companies have built commercial services around the WordPress ecosystem
 (incl. Automatttic itself)

 I guess only issue I see if these kinds of services put unreasonable
 pressure on w.org servers. I’m not familiar with the terms of service of
 the API.

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