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.
YITH Color and Label Variations for WooCommerce is the safest pick: health B · 81 against 45 for Simple Linked Variations for WooCommerce, led by lower removal risk.
YITH Color and Label Variations for WooCommerce moved down one install band, 10K+ to 9K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.
Metric
Simple Linked Variations for WooCommerce
YITH Color and Label Variations for WooCommerce
Active installsModeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.
100–200
9K–10K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 monthsCompares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.
Stable ✓
10K+ → 9K+
Overall health
D · 45
B · 81 ✓
MaintenanceHow recently the plugin was updated.
3/100
100/100 ✓
Rating qualityVolume-adjusted review quality.
74/100 ✓
68/100
SupportShare of forum threads marked resolved.
70/100
70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)
4.0★ ✓
3.7★
Reviews
5
22 ✓
Ranking optimizationHow well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.
37/100
94/100 ✓
Removal riskMaintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.
High
Low ✓
Last updated
7.4y ago
3d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d
101
4K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30dDips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.
+12%
+18%
Install conversionActive installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.
1.1%
2.2% ✓
Category
eCommerce
Uncategorized
✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.
Release activity
Simple Linked Variations for WooCommerceYITH 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.