Admin Maintenance Message vs CookieAdmin

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

Admin Maintenance Message

by Andreas Grzybowski

Health C65

CookieAdmin

by Softaculous

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

Admin Maintenance MessageCookieAdmin

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Admin Maintenance Message	CookieAdmin
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80–90	400K–500K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+167% ✓	+33%
Overall health	—	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	63/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	80/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	—	4.17★ ✓
Reviews	0	4 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	78/100	81/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	12mo ago	21d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	138	112.3K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	4.9%	29% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Privacy & Consent

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

Release activity

Admin Maintenance MessageCookieAdmin

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.