Latest Simple News Ticker vs News ticker

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

Latest Simple News Ticker

by rostomali

Health D46

News ticker

by Tajul2010

Health D43

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	Latest Simple News Ticker	News ticker
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80 ✓	40–50
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-22% ✓	-33%
Overall health	D · 46 ✓	D · 43
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100 ✓	69/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.12★ ✓	3.77★
Reviews	3 ✓	2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	38/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	9.2y ago	7.9y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	73	157 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

✓ 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.