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BuddyPress Like vs I Recommend This

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

I Recommend This is the safest pick: health C · 69 against 41 for BuddyPress Like, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

BuddyPress Like moved down one install band, 100+ to 90+; I Recommend This moved down one install band, 5K+ to 4K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric BuddyPress Like I Recommend This
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 90–100 4K–5K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. 100+ → 90+ ✓ -20%
Overall health D · 41 C · 69 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 3/100 50/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 65/100 89/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 3.6★ 4.5★ ✓
Reviews 26 38 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 43/100 79/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. High Low ✓
Last updated 10.9y ago 1.3y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d 96 684 ✓
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. +4% +45%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 0.1% 1.0% ✓
Category Uncategorized Uncategorized

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

Release activity

BuddyPress LikeI Recommend This

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.