Editorial Access Manager vs User Roles and Capabilities

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

Editorial Access Manager

by Taylor Lovett

Health D48

User Roles and Capabilities

by mahabub81

Health D50

Active-install trajectory

Editorial Access Manager User Roles and Capabilities

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	Editorial Access Manager	User Roles and Capabilities
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	90–100	8K–9K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+13% ✓	-11%
Overall health	D · 48	D · 50 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.29★	4.48★ ✓
Reviews	8	21 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	40/100	50/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	9.5y ago	5.3y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	79	829 ✓
Category	Login & Users	Login & Users

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

Release activity

Editorial Access Manager User Roles and Capabilities

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.