AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget vs WP-PostViews

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

AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget

by kutsy

Health D50

WP-PostViews

by Lester Chan

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget WP-PostViews

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	AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget	WP-PostViews
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	900–1K	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-10%	0% ✓
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 (adjusted)	4.48★ ✓	4.30★
Reviews	17	65 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	49/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	5.5y ago	5d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	112	43.4K ✓
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 Widget WP-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.