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J7 Beaver Header Footer Templates vs Simply Show Hooks

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

Simply Show Hooks is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 69 for J7 Beaver Header Footer Templates, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

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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	J7 Beaver Header Footer Templates	Simply Show Hooks
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	1K–2K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	-75%
Overall health	C · 69	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	64/100	95/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	1	63 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	75/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	12mo ago	4mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	146	598 ✓
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.	-12%	+33%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.9% ✓	1.4%
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

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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.