Simple Posts Ticker vs News Ticker Widget for Elementor

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

Simple Posts Ticker

by Sayan Datta

Health D50

News Ticker Widget for Elementor

by Aezaz Shaikh

Health B73

Active-install trajectory

Simple Posts Ticker News Ticker Widget for Elementor

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 Posts Ticker	News Ticker Widget for Elementor
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K	4K–5K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 50	B · 73 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	8/100	76/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100 ✓	73/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.29★ ✓	3.93★
Reviews	22 ✓	5
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	61/100	85/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.0y ago	9mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	185	508 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Page Builders

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

Release activity

Simple Posts Ticker News Ticker Widget for Elementor

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.