Companion Revision Manager vs Simple Revision Control

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

Companion Revision Manager

by Papin Schipper

Health B71

Simple Revision Control

by iworks (Marcin Pietrzak)

Health B82

Active-install trajectory

Companion Revision Manager Simple Revision Control

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	Companion Revision Manager	Simple Revision Control
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	4K–5K ✓	1K–2K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+33% ✓	0%
Overall health	B · 71	B · 82 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	66/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100 ✓	70/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.12★ ✓	3.83★
Reviews	3	13 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	81/100	92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	11mo ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	437	563 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Companion Revision Manager Simple Revision Control

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.