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Business Directory Plugin vs CM Business Directory

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

Business Directory Plugin is the safest pick: health A · 97 against 83 for CM Business Directory, led by stronger support.

Active-install trajectory

Business Directory PluginCM Business Directory

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	Business Directory Plugin	CM Business Directory
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K ✓	40–50
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	Stable
Overall health	A · 97 ✓	B · 83
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	90/100 ✓	72/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	100/100 ✓	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.6★ ✓	3.9★
Reviews	504 ✓	11
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	98/100 ✓	91/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	17d ago ✓	24d ago
Downloads, last 30d	13K ✓	336
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.	-40%	+20%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.5% ✓	0.1%
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Business Directory PluginCM Business Directory

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.