WordPress plugin comparison

ExtraWatch LIVE! (Live Stats, Heatmap, Click tracking, SEO Reports and more) vs Seriously Simple Stats

ExtraWatch LIVE! (Live Stats, Heatmap, Click tracking, SEO Reports and more)

by matto3c

10+ installs5.0

Seriously Simple Stats

by Craig Hewitt

5K+ installs3.6

At a glance

Seriously Simple Stats has more active installs: 5K+, against 10+ for ExtraWatch LIVE! (Live Stats, Heatmap, Click tracking, SEO Reports and more).
On a typical day, Seriously Simple Stats is downloaded about 32 times, ExtraWatch LIVE! (Live Stats, Heatmap, Click tracking, SEO Reports and more) about 1.
ExtraWatch LIVE! (Live Stats, Heatmap, Click tracking, SEO Reports and more) is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 3.6 from 13 reviews.
Seriously Simple Stats was updated more recently: Jan 9, 2026, against Apr 23, 2017 for ExtraWatch LIVE! (Live Stats, Heatmap, Click tracking, SEO Reports and more).
Seriously Simple Stats is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 4.7.39 for ExtraWatch LIVE! (Live Stats, Heatmap, Click tracking, SEO Reports and more).
Seriously Simple Stats has been around longer: since 2015, against 2017 for ExtraWatch LIVE! (Live Stats, Heatmap, Click tracking, SEO Reports and more).

Seriously Simple Stats leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	ExtraWatch LIVE! (Live Stats, Heatmap, Click tracking, SEO Reports and more)	Seriously Simple Stats
Popular rank	#41,941	#3,205
Active installs	10+	5K+
Downloads, last 30 days	32	946
Rating	5.0(1)	3.6(13)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	4.7.39	6.9.11
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.47
Last release	9 years ago	10 months ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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