Simple Wistia Embed vs Wistia WordPress Plugin

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

Simple Wistia Embed

by chrisfromthelc

Health D45

Wistia WordPress Plugin

by wistia

Health D42

Active-install trajectory

Simple Wistia Embed Wistia WordPress Plugin

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 Wistia Embed	Wistia WordPress Plugin
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	2K–3K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-17%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45 ✓	D · 42
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	6/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100 ✓	64/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★ ✓	3.59★
Reviews	2	8 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	33/100	42/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	11.1y ago	3.5y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	67	439 ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Simple Wistia Embed Wistia WordPress Plugin

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.