WordPress plugin comparison
Pending Status vs Simple Post Alerts
Pending Status
by Room 34 Creative Services, LLC
100+ installs5.0
Simple Post Alerts
by Alex Phelps
10+ installs
At a glance
- Pending Status has more active installs: 100+, against 10+ for Simple Post Alerts.
- On a typical day, Pending Status is downloaded about 4 times, Simple Post Alerts about 1.
- Simple Post Alerts has no reviews yet.
- Pending Status was updated more recently: May 18, 2026, against Aug 17, 2015 for Simple Post Alerts.
- Pending Status is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 4.2.39 for Simple Post Alerts.
- Simple Post Alerts has been around longer: since 2015, against 2022 for Pending Status.
Line by line
Pending Status leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Pending Status | Simple Post Alerts |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #13,002 | #47,590 |
| Active installs | 100+ | 10+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 83 | 27 |
| Rating | 5.0(4) | No ratings |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 7.0.8 | 4.2.39 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.39 | ×0.00 |
| Last release | 5 months ago | 11 years ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.0.0 | – |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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