Podlove Web Player vs Seriously Simple Podcasting

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

Podlove Web Player

by gerritvanaaken

Health B74

Seriously Simple Podcasting

by Craig Hewitt

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

Podlove Web Player Seriously Simple Podcasting

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	Podlove Web Player	Seriously Simple Podcasting
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	4K–5K	30K–40K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 74	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	80/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	70/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	75/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	3.80★	4.69★ ✓
Reviews	14	329 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	81/100	93/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	8mo ago	17d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	879	25.2K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Podlove Web Player Seriously Simple Podcasting

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.