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O3World Members-Only Categories vs Simple Membership Form Shortcode

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

Simple Membership Form Shortcode is the safest pick: health B · 84 against 42 for O3World Members-Only Categories, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Simple Membership Form Shortcode moved down one install band, 3K+ to 2K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric O3World Members-Only Categories Simple Membership Form Shortcode
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 10–20 2K–3K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. Stable ✓ 3K+ → 2K+
Overall health D · 42 B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 3/100 100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 67/100 76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 3.7★ 4.1★ ✓
Reviews 1 2 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 36/100 89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. High Low ✓
Last updated 14.8y ago 3mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d 27 801 ✓
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% +51%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 0.2% 4.9% ✓
Category Login & Users Membership

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

Release activity

O3World Members-Only CategoriesSimple Membership Form Shortcode

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.