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Frontend As Any User vs IF Menu Visibility

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

Frontend As Any User is the safest pick: health B · 83 against 70 for IF Menu Visibility, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	Frontend As Any User	IF Menu Visibility
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	—	200–300 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	—	+567% ✓
Overall health	B · 83 ✓	B · 70
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	67/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.0★
Reviews	1	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	85/100 ✓	78/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1mo ago ✓	11mo ago
Downloads, last 30d	72	183 ✓
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.	+72%	+25%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	—	15% ✓
Category	Performance	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Frontend As Any UserIF Menu Visibility

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.