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BuddyPress Featured Members vs Better Messages

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

Better Messages is the safest pick: health A · 98 against 62 for BuddyPress Featured Members, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

BuddyPress Featured Members moved down one install band, 400+ to 300+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	BuddyPress Featured Members	Better Messages
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	10K–20K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	400+ → 300+	Stable ✓
Overall health	C · 62	A · 98 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	45/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	100/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	3	142 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	62/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.4y ago	4d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	170	42.5K ✓
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.	+14%	+24%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.0% ✓	0.5%
Category	Uncategorized	Chat & Support

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

Release activity

BuddyPress Featured MembersBetter Messages

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.