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Employee Spotlight vs Team Members

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

Team Members is the safest pick: health A · 87 against 79 for Employee Spotlight, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

Employee Spotlight moved down one install band, 400+ to 300+; Team Members moved down one install band, 7K+ to 6K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Employee Spotlight	Team Members
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	6K–7K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	400+ → 300+	7K+ → 6K+ ✓
Overall health	B · 79	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	77/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	89/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	53/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.5★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	31	85 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100	90/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	9mo ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	283	2.3K ✓
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.	+21%	+111%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.5%	1.8% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Media

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

Release activity

Employee SpotlightTeam Members

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.