Email as Username for WP-Members vs User Switching

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

Email as Username for WP-Members

by Stevish

Health D48

User Switching

by John Blackbourn

Health A92

Active-install trajectory

Email as Username for WP-Members User Switching

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	Email as Username for WP-Members	User Switching
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	700–800	200K–300K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 48	A · 92 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	84/100	98/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.34★	4.88★ ✓
Reviews	8	238 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	31/100	92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	11.7y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	82	74.8K ✓
Category	Login & Users	Login & Users

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

Release activity

Email as Username for WP-Members User Switching

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.