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Simple Visitor Counter vs Awesome Visitor Counter

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

Simple Visitor Counter and Awesome Visitor Counter are close on health (D · 46 vs D · 45), with nothing separating them on the sub-scores.

Active-install trajectory

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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 Visitor Counter	Awesome Visitor Counter
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	600–700 ✓	200–300
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-25% ✓	-33%
Overall health	D · 46 ✓	D · 45
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100 ✓	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★ ✓	4.0★
Reviews	6 ✓	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100 ✓	37/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	9.7y ago	7.4y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	183 ✓	111
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.	+5%	-4%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.8% ✓	1.5%
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

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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.