Smart Archives Reloaded vs Simple Yearly Archive

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

Smart Archives Reloaded

by scribu

Health D46

Simple Yearly Archive

by wpseek

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Smart Archives Reloaded Simple Yearly Archive

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	Smart Archives Reloaded	Simple Yearly Archive
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	6K–7K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 46	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	79/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.14★	4.50★ ✓
Reviews	15	30 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.8y ago	14d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	143	4.6K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Smart Archives Reloaded Simple Yearly Archive

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.