Highfly Private vs Subscribe2

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

Health D41

Health B80

Active-install trajectory

Subscribe2 moved down one install band, 20K+ to 10K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Highfly Private	Subscribe2
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	—	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	-50% ✓
Overall health	—	B · 80 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	63/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	—	3.55★ ✓
Reviews	0	116 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	80/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	11.8y ago	yesterday ✓
Downloads · 30d	20	10.8K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	—	0.4% ✓
Category	Email & Marketing	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

Highfly PrivateSubscribe2

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.