Multisite Postie CRON Creator vs WP Crontrol

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

Multisite Postie CRON Creator

by Rick Hellewell

Health D45

WP Crontrol

by John Blackbourn

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Multisite Postie CRON Creator WP Crontrol

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	Multisite Postie CRON Creator	WP Crontrol
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	300K–400K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	12/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	87/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.43★ ✓
Reviews	0	165 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	49/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.8y ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	37	298.8K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	eCommerce

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

Release activity

Multisite Postie CRON Creator WP Crontrol

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.