WP Crontrol vs Advanced Cron Manager

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

WP Crontrol

by John Blackbourn

Health A88

Advanced Cron Manager

by Kuba Mikita

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

WP Crontrol Advanced Cron Manager

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	WP Crontrol	Advanced Cron Manager
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300K–400K ✓	30K–40K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 88 ✓	B · 84
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	90/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	87/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.43★	4.48★ ✓
Reviews	165 ✓	38
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	92/100 ✓	82/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	25d ago ✓	6mo ago
Downloads · 30d	268.6K ✓	6.5K
Category	eCommerce	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

WP Crontrol Advanced Cron Manager

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.