ACLoginWidget vs Sidebar Login

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Health D41

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Sidebar Login moved down one install band, 10K+ to 9K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	ACLoginWidget	Sidebar Login
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	9K–10K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-10%
Overall health	—	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.4★ ✓
Reviews	0	78 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	43/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	16.5y ago	23d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	35	4.7K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.3%	0.9% ✓
Category	Login & Users	Login & Users

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

ACLoginWidgetSidebar Login

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.