Simple 5 Star Rating vs YASR

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

YASR is the safest pick: health C · 65 against 43 for Simple 5 Star Rating, led by lower removal risk.

Simple 5 Star Rating

by tihombhardwaj

Health D43

YASR

by Dash Labs

Health C65

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	Simple 5 Star Rating	YASR
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	—	10K–20K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	—	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 43	C · 65 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	38/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	69/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.8★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	2	323 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	39/100	77/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	6.4y ago	1.6y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	27	1.8K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	-50%	+41%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	—	0.5% ✓
Category	SEO	Blocks

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

Release activity

Simple 5 Star RatingYASR

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.