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HivePress Favorites vs HivePress Messages

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

HivePress Favorites is the safest pick: health A · 86 against 82 for HivePress Messages, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

HivePress Favorites moved down one install band, 8K+ to 7K+; HivePress Messages moved down one install band, 8K+ to 7K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	HivePress Favorites	HivePress Messages
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	7K–8K	7K–8K
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	8K+ → 7K+	8K+ → 7K+
Overall health	A · 86 ✓	B · 82
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	80/100 ✓	71/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★ ✓	3.9★
Reviews	4 ✓	3
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100	89/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	14d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	1K	4.5K ✓
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.	+25%	+20%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	8.4% ✓	6.9%
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

HivePress FavoritesHivePress Messages

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.