Simple SEO Optimizer
by Hamid Ezzaki · SEO
Optimize your site's SEO by adding custom meta titles, descriptions, and keywords to posts and pages with this lightweight WordPress plugin.
62 health vs 65 average across 444 SEO plugins
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 500 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2025-03-04 · 500 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
34
now · peak 92
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 60+ in roughly 355 days.
Install history · since 2025-03-04 · 491 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-23 40+ → 50+ up after 230 days in band
- 2025-11-05 30+ → 40+ up after 26 days in band
- 2025-10-10 40+ → 30+ down after 7 days in band
- 2025-10-03 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-09-30 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-09-29 30+ → 40+ up after 8 days in band
- 2025-09-21 40+ → 30+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-09-18 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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SEO SIMPLE PACK 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Meta Tag Manager 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple SEO 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Head Meta Data 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
G Meta Keywords 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
Surfer – WordPress Plugin 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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