BuddyPress Activity Comment Notifier vs BuddyPress Group Email Subscription

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

BuddyPress Group Email Subscription is the safest pick: health D · 53 against 44 for BuddyPress Activity Comment Notifier, led by stronger maintenance.

BuddyPress Activity Comment Notifier

by Brajesh Singh

Health D44

BuddyPress Group Email Subscription

by Boone Gorges

Health D53

Active-install trajectory

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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	BuddyPress Activity Comment Notifier	BuddyPress Group Email Subscription
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	1K–2K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-29%	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 44	D · 53 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	24/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	73/100	75/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.9★	4.0★ ✓
Reviews	3	32 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	44/100	66/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	8.9y ago	2.1y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	85	705 ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+41%	+65%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.4%	0.4% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

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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.