Paid Membership Subscriptions vs User Registration & Membership

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

Health A97

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

User Registration & Membership moved down one install band, 60K+ to 50K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Paid Membership Subscriptions	User Registration & Membership
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K	50K–60K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-17%
Overall health	A · 97 ✓	A · 91
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	93/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	97/100 ✓	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.7★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	270	832 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	98/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3d ago ✓	19d ago
Downloads · 30d	32.1K	69K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.5%	1.1% ✓
Category	Membership	Membership

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

Release activity

Paid Membership SubscriptionsUser Registration & 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.