Simple Business Directory vs Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listin

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

Simple Business Directory

by QuantumCloud

Health A91

Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listin

by wpWax

Health A93

Active-install trajectory

Simple Business Directory Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listin

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	Simple Business Directory	Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listin
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 91	A · 93 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	95/100 ✓	92/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	84/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.77★ ✓	4.63★
Reviews	62	697 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	98/100 ✓	95/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	7d ago ✓	23d ago
Downloads · 30d	2.0K	19.3K ✓
Category	eCommerce	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Simple Business Directory Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listin

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.