Karma Protected Content vs User Registration & Membership

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

Karma Protected Content

by Ermanno Devitofrancesco

Health B79

User Registration & Membership

by wpeverest

Health A98

Active-install trajectory

Not enough install history yet to chart a trajectory for both plugins. It builds as we snapshot daily.

Metric	Karma Protected Content	User Registration & Membership
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	0–0	50K–60K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	-17% ✓
Overall health	B · 79	A · 98 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	89/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	100/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.76★ ✓
Reviews	1	828 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	6mo ago	20d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	34	45.6K ✓
Category	Membership	Membership

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

Release activity

Karma Protected Content User Registration & Membership

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.