BracketCloud vs Simple Tournament Brackets

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

BracketCloud

by drupaljoe

Health D41

Simple Tournament Brackets

by SimpleTournamentBrackets

Health B78

Active-install trajectory

BracketCloud Simple Tournament Brackets

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	BracketCloud	Simple Tournament Brackets
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	300–400 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 41	B · 78 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	86/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	75/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	3.99★ ✓
Reviews	0	8 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	34/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	11.7y ago	6mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	39	120 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

BracketCloud Simple Tournament Brackets

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.