Members vs PublishPress Permissions: Control User Access for

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

Members

by Blair Williams

Health A99

PublishPress Permissions: Control User Access for

by PublishPress

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

Members PublishPress Permissions: Control User Access for

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Members	PublishPress Permissions: Control User Access for
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300K–400K ✓	10K–20K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 99 ✓	A · 86
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	97/100 ✓	82/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	100/100 ✓	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.85★ ✓	4.24★
Reviews	1,274 ✓	66
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	99/100 ✓	97/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	today ✓	yesterday
Downloads · 30d	63.9K ✓	4.1K
Category	Uncategorized	Privacy & Consent

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

Release activity

Members PublishPress Permissions: Control User Access for

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.