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Simple Job Board
Friendly support cannot hide the sting of new paywalls.
HealthyDeclining
71/100
Users love the easy setup and support but dislike bugs and paid features.
Active installs
~13,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.7★
130 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-19%
Declining
86 → 70 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining · -19% in the last year
86/day a year ago→70/day today
Reviews
what people actually saySimple Job Board is praised for its ease of use and responsive support, but users report critical bugs after updates and the removal of some features.
What people like
- +Easy to set up and use×5
- +Responsive and helpful customer support×8
- +Works well for basic job board needs×3
Common complaints
- −Job post text disappears after recent update (since 2.14)
- −Removed notification email with resume feature, now requires paid add-on
- −Occasional bugs and compatibility issues (e.g., with Elementor Pro)×2
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.55★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 29%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 130 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2025-04-28★★★★★Bugs with current updates since Version 2.14space5
- 2025-04-23★★★★★AMAZING PLUGIN. OUTSTANDING SUPPORTwebjump
- 2025-03-05★★★★★Outstanding Customer Service!Edward Clay
- 2024-10-04★★★★★Amazing customer support!jmonroe08
- 2024-06-13★★★★★Great plugin and great support teamskydiveordie
- 2023-09-09★★★★★Excellent pluginparkermoto1-shot
- 2023-05-26★★★★★Very good supportultralite
- 2023-01-11★★★★★Good Pluginrepairmedia1-shot
- 2022-12-08★★★★★Great plugin & reliable supportnetsyscon1-shot
- 2022-07-21★★★★★Simple, easy, responsive supportdg891-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
67
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
58
Prior 7-day baseline
48
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
3,236
Mean release-day peak (30d)
3,236
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
+15.5%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
33%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.56
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
86%
5★ share in analyzed sample
29%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.60 → 4.55★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered