Simple Advertising vs Ad Rotator

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

Simple Advertising

by Antonio D.

Health D45

Ad Rotator

by Dmytro Shteflyuk

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

Simple Advertising Ad Rotator

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 Advertising	Ad Rotator
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	100–200 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-50%
Overall health	D · 45	D · 45
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	3.98★
Reviews	1	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	40/100 ✓	36/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	6.8y ago ✓	17.1y ago
Downloads · 30d	44	74 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Simple Advertising Ad Rotator

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.