G Meta Keywords vs Simple SEO

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

Simple SEO is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 48 for G Meta Keywords, led by lower removal risk.

G Meta Keywords

by Sinan Yorulmaz

Health D48

Simple SEO

by David Cole

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	G Meta Keywords	Simple SEO
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K	10K–20K
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	Stable
Overall health	D · 48	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	85/100	89/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.4★	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	9	33 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	41/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.4y ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	715	2.3K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+27%	+25%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	15% ✓	4.9%
Category	Uncategorized	SEO

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

Release activity

G Meta KeywordsSimple SEO

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.