AK Simple Chat vs Joinchat

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

AK Simple Chat

by Anil Kumar

Health C63

Joinchat

by Creame

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

AK Simple Chat Joinchat

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	AK Simple Chat	Joinchat
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	700K–800K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	C · 63	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	56/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.67★ ✓
Reviews	0	189 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	77/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.1y ago	11d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	25	150.3K ✓
Category	Chat & Support	Chat & Support

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

Release activity

AK Simple Chat Joinchat

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.