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ProfileGrid vs Ultimate Member

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

ProfileGrid and Ultimate Member are close on health (A · 89 vs A · 89). ProfileGrid has the stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

ProfileGrid moved down one install band, 6K+ to 5K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	ProfileGrid	Ultimate Member
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	5K–6K	200K–300K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	6K+ → 5K+	Stable ✓
Overall health	A · 89	A · 89
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	90/100 ✓	85/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	75/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.6★ ✓	4.4★
Reviews	236	1,445 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	98/100 ✓	93/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	yesterday ✓	4d ago
Downloads, last 30d	13.5K	216.5K ✓
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.	+48%	-2%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.4%	1.4% ✓
Category	Login & Users	Membership

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

Release activity

ProfileGridUltimate Member

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.