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BuddyPress Default Cover Photo vs One User Avatar

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

One User Avatar is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 43 for BuddyPress Default Cover Photo, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

BuddyPress Default Cover Photo moved down one install band, 600+ to 500+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	BuddyPress Default Cover Photo	One User Avatar
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600	100K–200K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-17%	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 43	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	70/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.8★	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	12	41 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	41/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	6.9y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	185	15.1K ✓
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.	+42%	-24%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.5%	16% ✓
Category	Login & Users	Login & Users

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

Release activity

BuddyPress Default Cover PhotoOne User Avatar

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.