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AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget vs WP-PostViews

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

Active-install trajectory

AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget moved down one install band, 1K+ to 900+; WP-PostViews moved down one install band, 100K+ to 90K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget WP-PostViews
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 900–1K 90K–100K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window. -10% -10%
Overall health D · 50 A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 3/100 100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 88/100 ✓ 83/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 4.5★ ✓ 4.3★
Reviews 17 65 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 47/100 96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Elevated Low ✓
Last updated 5.7y ago 2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d 256 11.5K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 2.0% 2.6% ✓
Category Uncategorized Analytics

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

Release activity

AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts WidgetWP-PostViews

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.