Simple Linked Variations for WooCommerce vs YITH Color and Label Variations for WooCommerce

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

Simple Linked Variations for WooCommerce

by Denis Žoljom

Health D45

YITH Color and Label Variations for WooCommerce

by YITHEMES

Health B81

Active-install trajectory

Simple Linked Variations for WooCommerce YITH Color and Label Variations for WooCommerce

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 Linked Variations for WooCommerce	YITH Color and Label Variations for WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	9K–10K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-10%
Overall health	D · 45	B · 81 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	68/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.99★ ✓	3.73★
Reviews	5	22 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	39/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.2y ago	13d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	64	4.6K ✓
Category	eCommerce	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Simple Linked Variations for WooCommerce YITH Color and Label Variations for WooCommerce

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.