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BuddyProfileMessageUX Free vs BP Profile Search

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

BP Profile Search is the safest pick: health A · 91 against 77 for BuddyProfileMessageUX Free, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

BuddyProfileMessageUX Free moved down one install band, 60+ to 50+; BP Profile Search moved down one install band, 6K+ to 5K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	BuddyProfileMessageUX Free	BP Profile Search
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	5K–6K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	60+ → 50+	6K+ → 5K+
Overall health	B · 77	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	85/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	73/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.9★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	8	71 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	84/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	7mo ago	27d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	108	4.5K ✓
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.	+15%	+195%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.4%	0.7% ✓
Category	Login & Users	Search

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

Release activity

BuddyProfileMessageUX FreeBP Profile Search

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.