EZ Staff List vs Simple Staff List

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

EZ Staff List

by Luke

Health D45

Simple Staff List

by Brett Shumaker

Health C66

Active-install trajectory

EZ Staff List Simple Staff List

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	EZ Staff List	Simple Staff List
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	3K–4K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	C · 66 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	46/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	87/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.44★ ✓
Reviews	1	40 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	34/100	83/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	13.8y ago	1.4y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	59	682 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

EZ Staff List Simple Staff List

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.