Simple CSS vs Simple Custom CSS Plugin

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

Simple CSS

by Tom

Health B77

Simple Custom CSS Plugin

by John Regan

Health C67

Active-install trajectory

Simple CSS Simple Custom CSS Plugin

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 CSS	Simple Custom CSS Plugin
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80K–90K	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 77 ✓	C · 67
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	65/100 ✓	42/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	95/100 ✓	93/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.76★ ✓	4.68★
Reviews	60	159 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100 ✓	83/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	11mo ago ✓	1.5y ago
Downloads · 30d	1.9K	6.3K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Simple CSS Simple Custom CSS Plugin

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.