RSS Feed Widget vs Custom Simple Rss

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

RSS Feed Widget

by Fahad Mahmood

Health B74

Custom Simple Rss

by danikoo

Health D49

Active-install trajectory

RSS Feed Widget Custom Simple Rss

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	RSS Feed Widget	Custom Simple Rss
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K	2K–3K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 74 ✓	D · 49
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	78/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	72/100	86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.89★	4.42★ ✓
Reviews	26 ✓	14
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	92/100 ✓	46/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	8mo ago ✓	5.4y ago
Downloads · 30d	349 ✓	164
Category	Content & Feeds	Content & Feeds

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

Release activity

RSS Feed Widget Custom Simple Rss

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.