Simple Private Video vs Presto Player

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

Presto Player is the safest pick: health A · 91 against 45 for Simple Private Video, led by lower removal risk.

Simple Private Video

by sumapress

Health D45

Presto Player

by Andre Gagnon

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

Simple Private VideoPresto Player

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 Private Video	Presto Player
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80–90	100K–200K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-20%	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 45	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	3	348 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	40/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	6.5y ago	22d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	84	77.7K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+21%	-31%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.0%	2.0% ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Simple Private VideoPresto Player

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.