Max Music vs Background Music Manager

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

Health D45

Health C55

Active-install trajectory

Background Music Manager moved up one install band, 900+ to 1K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Max Music	Background Music Manager
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+11% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	C · 55 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	30/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100 ✓	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★ ✓	4.0★
Reviews	2 ✓	1
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	61/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	11.1y ago	1.8y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	192	326 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.7%	17% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Max MusicBackground Music Manager

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.