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Members [is_user_logged_out] shortcode vs Simple Membership

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

Simple Membership is the safest pick: health A · 95 against 47 for Members [is_user_logged_out] shortcode, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Members [is_user_logged_out] shortcode moved down one install band, 30+ to 20+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Members [is_user_logged_out] shortcode	Simple Membership
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	40K–50K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-33%	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 47	A · 95 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	80/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	94/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	4	476 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	14.9y ago	3d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	30	72.6K ✓
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.	-50%	+9%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.7%	1.1% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Membership

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

Release activity

Members [is_user_logged_out] shortcodeSimple 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.