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Simple product counter vs AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget

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

AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget is the safest pick: health D · 50 against 46 for Simple product counter, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Simple product counter moved down one install band, 30+ to 20+; AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget moved down one install band, 1K+ to 900+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric Simple product counter AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 20–30 900–1K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. 30+ → 20+ -10% ✓
Overall health D · 46 D · 50 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 3/100 3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 78/100 88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 4.1★ 4.5★ ✓
Reviews 3 17 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 40/100 47/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. High Elevated ✓
Last updated 5.4y ago ✓ 5.7y ago
Downloads, last 30d 71 262 ✓
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% +39%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 0.8% 2.0% ✓
Category eCommerce Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Simple product counterAJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget

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.