Simple SEO Pack
by Vito Tardia · SEO
Simple SEO is a quick way to add HTML meta tags to your site and pages using WP integrated custom fields feature.
41 health vs 68 average across 334 SEO plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3378 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 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
31
now · peak 74
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,369 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-11-07 200+ → 100+ down after 685 days in band
- 2023-12-23 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
- 2023-12-21 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in band
- 2023-12-18 300+ → 200+ down after 9 days in band
- 2023-12-09 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-12-08 300+ → 200+ down after 425 days in band
- 2022-10-09 400+ → 300+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Meta Tag Manager 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Head Meta Data 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Surfer – WordPress Plugin 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Automatic Post Tagger 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
Add Meta Tag Keywords 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Tooltipy (tooltips for WP) 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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