Simple Commenter vs BugHerd

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

Simple Commenter

by Aleksander Kaaberma

Health A88

BugHerd

by BugHerd

Health B82

Active-install trajectory

Simple CommenterBugHerd

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 Commenter	BugHerd
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	3K–4K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+1900% ✓	0%
Overall health	A · 88 ✓	B · 82
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	88/100 ✓	70/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.5★ ✓	3.8★
Reviews	13 ✓	4
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	93/100 ✓	86/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	7d ago ✓	1mo ago
Downloads · 30d	839	2.4K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	4.8% ✓	4.3%
Category	Uncategorized	Analytics

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

Release activity

Simple CommenterBugHerd

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.