EditX vs PublishPress Capabilities: User Role Access Contro

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

EditX

by SoftTent

Health B81

PublishPress Capabilities: User Role Access Contro

by PublishPress

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

EditXPublishPress Capabilities: User Role Access Contro

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	EditX	PublishPress Capabilities: User Role Access Contro
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	90K–100K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-10%
Overall health	B · 81	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	94/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	1	143 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	5mo ago	20d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	76	69.3K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.0%	2.0% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Login & Users

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

Release activity

EditXPublishPress Capabilities: User Role Access Contro

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.