WP Hooks Finder vs Simply Show Hooks

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

Simply Show Hooks is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 62 for WP Hooks Finder, led by stronger maintenance.

WP Hooks Finder

by Muhammad Rehman

Health C62

Simply Show Hooks

by stuartobrien

Health A89

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	WP Hooks Finder	Simply Show Hooks
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	1K–2K
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	-75%
Overall health	C · 62	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	39/100	95/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	7	63 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	68/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.5y ago	4mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	345	577 ✓
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.	+12%	+32%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.1% ✓	1.4%
Category	Search	Admin & Utilities

✓ 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.