Login Page Styler vs Branda

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

Branda is the safest pick: health A · 87 against 79 for Login Page Styler, led by stronger maintenance.

Health B79

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Health A87

Active-install trajectory

Login Page Styler moved down one install band, 3K+ to 2K+; Branda 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	Login Page Styler	Branda
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K	10K–20K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-33% ✓	-50%
Overall health	B · 79	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	79/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	84/100	85/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★	4.4★ ✓
Reviews	174 ✓	30
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	86/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	8mo ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	552	6.5K ✓
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.	+45%	+103%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.8%	2.0% ✓
Category	Login & Users	Login & Users

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

Release activity

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.