WordPress plugin comparison

Alex King's Popularity Contest (AKPC) Widget vs Simple Blog Stats

Alex King's Popularity Contest (AKPC) Widget

by Debashish

10+ installs

Simple Blog Stats

by Jeff Starr

4K+ installs4.9

At a glance

Simple Blog Stats has more active installs: 4K+, against 10+ for Alex King's Popularity Contest (AKPC) Widget.
On a typical day, Simple Blog Stats is downloaded about 57 times, Alex King's Popularity Contest (AKPC) Widget about 2.
Alex King's Popularity Contest (AKPC) Widget has no reviews yet.
Simple Blog Stats was updated more recently: Nov 4, 2026, against Oct 11, 2009 for Alex King's Popularity Contest (AKPC) Widget.
Simple Blog Stats is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.2, against 2.8 for Alex King's Popularity Contest (AKPC) Widget.
Alex King's Popularity Contest (AKPC) Widget has been around longer: since 2009, against 2012 for Simple Blog Stats.

Simple Blog Stats leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Alex King's Popularity Contest (AKPC) Widget	Simple Blog Stats
Popular rank	#44,832	#3,525
Active installs	10+	4K+
Downloads, last 30 days	22	3.2K
Rating	No ratings	4.9(38)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	2.8	7.2
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.77
Last release	17 years ago	5 days ago
Requires PHP	–	5.6.20

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